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Scalise: GOP eyeing Medicaid work requirements for ‘early 2027’
- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced that GOP lawmakers plan to start Medicaid work requirements as early as 2027, advancing President Trump's spending bill in Washington.
- This move follows ongoing negotiations over Trump's 2017 tax cut extension and social service reforms, with reports differing on the exact start date but confirming a shift from 2029 to early 2027.
- The proposed requirements mandate able-bodied adults without dependents work at least 80 hours monthly through employment, community service, or education, while exempting youths, seniors, pregnant women, disabled people, and certain others.
- Scalise indicated that the legislation will set the start date as early 2027, highlighting the GOP’s goal to finalize the bill’s details before presenting it to the House this week.
- The legislation could cut Medicaid and nutrition aid by over a trillion dollars, risking loss of coverage for millions and triggering protests from affected constituents and advocacy groups nationwide.
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Scalise: GOP eyeing Medicaid work requirements for ‘early 2027’
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Monday that Republicans are eyeing early 2027 as the target date for the new Medicaid work requirements in the large budget package intended to advance and solidify President Trump’s agenda. The timeline for the bill’s new work requirements remains up in the air, as Republican leadership continues…
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