Trump administration delays Medicaid work requirements by six months
The Trump administration announced a six-month delay Friday in enforcing the Medicaid work requirements that were scheduled to take effect in January.
Key points
- 1 to include the work requirements passed last year in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
- States have been racing to prepare their Medicaid systems by Jan.
- The federal government had planned to require poor adults to prove they were working or lose insurance coverage starting Jan.
Hospitals have been so worried about the impact of the work requirements that they've created their own outreach campaign to prepare people on Medicaid, per the New York Times.
Additional details
- Now, it will let states wait until July.
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- The concern is not that people will be kicked out of the program for not working, but that they'll be kicked out because they don't understand the reporting rules and won't be able to prove they've met the requirements.
- Why it matters: The announcement pauses a set of rules that state officials have warned they're not ready to handle — and that could cause millions of people to lose their health coverage.
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