Advocacy group warns new work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid could create hardships for veterans

Advocacy group warns new work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid could create hardships for veterans

Disabled American Veterans -- an advocacy group with one million members --warned new work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid could create hardships for former service members, particularly individuals who are homeless or without a steady income.

KFF Health News: To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works - Retired Americans

Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship of her son so she could work as his caregiver. Now, another proposed twist in the rules could mean that, even though Missouri pays her to do that work, she might still have to prove to the state that she’s not unemployed. The Kansas City, Missouri, resident has cared …