Alaska Republicans celebrate ‘common sense’ Medicaid work requirements for non-Natives

Alaska Republicans celebrate ‘common sense’ Medicaid work requirements for non-Natives

Recipients of Medicaid and food stamps—including thousands of Alaskans—will eventually have to work or volunteer at least 80 hours a month to get benefits under the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill supported by Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich the Third.The Alaska Republicans defend this part of the Project 2025 agenda by claiming it’s common sense to require people to work and it will create an incentive for people on Med…