Political battle erupts over Medicaid work requirements as Republicans frame them as preserving the safety net while ...

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ignites debate—supporters praise welfare reform, while critics fear harm to vulnerable ...

The Trump administration's legislative proposal to introduce work requirements for Medicaid has narrowly passed the House of Representatives, igniting a heated debate. Speaker of the House, Mike ...

Lost in the current debate over imposing “work requirements” for Medicaid eligibility has been how such requirements might actually benefit recipients and what “work-free Medicaid ...

The federal budget bill recently signed into law requires states to implement work requirements for adults in Medicaid expansion programs by 2029. Much of the attention given to this ...

But it doesn’t. Arkansas tried Medicaid work requirements seven years ago. The state used the requirements to remove 18,000 adults from the Medicaid rolls in just four months.

As states mull Medicaid work requirements, 2 with experience scale back By Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News, Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News Feb 14, 2025 4:46pm ...

Arkansas Department of Human Services Sec. Kristi Putnam discusses the state's waiver request for Medicaid work requirements on Jan. 28, 2025 as State Medicaid Director Janet Mann, left, and Gov ...

When confronted with the fact that 4.8 million individuals will lose health insurance due to the work requirement in the “One ...

Expanding work requirements to SNAP and Medicaid, for example, must come with investments in education, training, and services. Third, the TANF experience shows that many single mothers left the ...

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House sent a clear signal about Medicaid to Republicans across the country: Requiring enrollees to prove they are working, volunteering, or going to school ...

Still, several states are quickly moving to restart Medicaid work requirements. Besides the three states of Arkansas, Ohio, and South Carolina, Iowa and South Dakota are considering similar proposals.