GOP fractures over Medicaid work requirements
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Republicans want to impose Medicaid work requirements aimed at “able-bodied” adults, which would actually target poor middle-aged women
WASHINGTON – House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid, according to a proposal released late on May 11 by a key GOP-led committee.
Medicaid work requirements would kick hardworking people off health-care coverage, Sen. Warnock says
As Medicaid reform talks heat up in Washington, Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock says work requirements for coverage eligibility should be off the table.
Last summer, 54-year-old Luke Seaborn became the de facto face of Georgia's Medicaid work requirement program. But his opinion of the program has plummeted since then.
At a public hearing Wednesday, Utahns spoke about their experience with Medicaid and their fears of implementing work requirements.
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Intelligencer on MSNGOP’s Stealth Medicaid Cuts Mean Millions Will Lose CoverageHouse Republicans are using work requirements and other wonky proposals to pretend they aren’t gutting Medicaid. But the results will be the same.
Since President Donald Trump took office, Utah has begun the process of asking the federal government for a waiver to implement work and reporting requirements for some Medicaid recipients.