Thousands Of People In Arkansas Are On The Brink Of Losing Medicaid Due To Work Requirements
Thousands Of People In Arkansas Are On The Brink Of Losing Medicaid Due To Work Requirements Pushed By Trump
While Arkansas is the first, there are 10 other states either approved or pending approval to enact work requirements to their Medicaid programs, which could lead to thousands more people losing their coverage.
Paul McLeod BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on August 16, 2018, at 5:33 p.m. ET
Over 5,000 low-income people in Arkansas are on pace to lose insurance by the end of this month, as new changes to the Medicaid system, approved by the Trump administration, start to take effect.
The changes allow Arkansas to boot people off of Medicaid, the publicly subsidized health insurance program for people with low income and people with disabilities, if they do not work or perform other duties for 20 hours each week.
The goal of the change is to encourage people to find work, but less than 2% of the affected population managed to meet the requirements, while over 98% failed and are now on track to be stripped of insurance, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
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