work requirements

Trump administration wants ill recipients to prove they can’t work every six months. Doctors, advocates and state officials wonder how.

By tightening an exception for people with serious illnesses, more of them may lose coverage.

States dealing with budget shortfalls are facing tens of millions of dollars in new costs ahead of the federal Jan. 1 deadline.

Montana plans to be one of the first states to enforce President Donald Trump’s work mandate for Medicaid enrollees, adding another challenge for state health officials trying to plug a massive budget hole.

States where voters bypassed officials to expand Medicaid are opting for stricter implementation of new requirements.

State officials remain uncertain on how to enforce a requirement that many adult Medicaid enrollees show they’re working and they’re taking a variety of approaches to the job, including, in a handful of states, using artificial intelligence.

Many GOP states are enacting soda and candy bans for food stamp purchases amid MAHA’s healthy food efforts. Some retailers and SNAP users find the new rules complicated.

Proponents of work requirements argue that they incentivize people who are “work-ready” to seek and keep jobs, reducing dependence on government assistance and upholding the “dignity of work.”

Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school, or volunteering for at least a month before they can gain or retain health insurance through the government program. But some states think the rules don't go far enough