What Are Your Thoughts on Having a Work Requirement Attached to a Person’s Eligibility for Medicaid?

What are your thoughts on having a work requirement attached to a person’s eligibility for Medicaid?

Byron Reese Conyers “My personal belief with Medicaid is when someone is disabled, can’t work, you shouldn’t hold it against them. But I do think that for the individuals who are perfectly capable to work that there should be some guidelines to it. So it’s a double-edged sword, but for the individuals that are disabled and can’t work, it should be up to our government to step in and take care of ourselves.” Avis Weaver Atlanta “I don’t think th…

No Exceptions: Examples Showing the Failings of Medicaid Work Requirement Exemptions for People with Disabilities - National Health Law Program

As the Senate prepares to vote on the largest Medicaid cuts in history, one of the most troubling measures included in the budget bill, called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, is work requirements crafted to strip vital coverage from millions of people. While the bill purportedly exempts people with disabilities from the onerous work requirements, inevitably many people with disabilities will be swept up in this massive new mandate. People with…

Work requirements could unfairly purge millions from Medicaid: Analysis

A new analysis shows that one in three adults who work or attend school while enrolled in Medicaid expansion coverage would still be at risk of losing coverage under new work requirements in the House-passed budget bill under consideration by the Senate. The analysis was prepared by the Urban Institute with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton. Researchers say these individuals would fail to meet the letter of the law bec…