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Trump administration opens door to let states impose Medicaid work requirements

The following article by Amy Goldstein was posted on the Washington Post website January 11, 2018:

Seema Verma, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has pushed to allow states to link work requirements to Medicaid eligibility. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

The Trump administration issued guidance to states early Thursday that will allow them to compel people to work or prepare for jobs in order to receive Medicaid for the first time in the half-century history of this pillar of the nation’s social safety net.

The letter to state Medicaid directors opens the door for states to cut off Medicaid benefits to Americans unless they have a job, are in school, are a caregiver, volunteer or participate in other approved forms of “community engagement” — an idea that some states had broached over the past several years but that the Obama administration had consistently rebuffed. Continue reading “Trump administration opens door to let states impose Medicaid work requirements”