Medicaid work requirements could cut coverage for 5.2M

Medicaid work requirements could cut coverage for 5.2M

A new report found that millions could lose access to care, even though most Medicaid beneficiaries are working or should be eligible for exemptions from work requirements.

Work Requirements Are Unworkable - Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality

Work requirements in public benefits programs don’t help people work. They block access to food, health care, and housing assistance, making families and local economies worse off. This brief illustrates how work reporting requirements fail to increase work while straining state resources and imposing harmful and costly burdens on all. The brief also provides an overview of better alternatives that would be more effective at supporting employment