Trump Revives Medicaid Work Requirements
This is a Georgia news story, published by KFF Health News, that relates primarily to Medicaid news.
Georgia news
For more Georgia news, you can click here:
more Georgia newsNews about health policy
For more health policy news, you can click here:
more health policy newsKFF Health News news
For more news from KFF Health News, you can click here:
more news from KFF Health NewsAbout the Otherweb
Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best health news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about health policy, you might also like this article about
Medicaid work requirement programs. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest Medicaid expansion news, Medicaid news, news about health policy, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!
Medicaid work requirementsKFF Health News
•Health
Health
Medicaid work requirements are back on the table in states like Georgia and Arkansas
82% Informative
Republicans in Congress are eyeing Medicaid work requirements as they seek to slash billions from the federal budget.
But just as a second Trump administration reignites interest in work requirements, Georgia is proposing to scale back key parts of the program.
Arkansas announced an effort to revive — with fundamental changes — a program that ended after a legal judgment in 2019 .
The programs can eliminate people from Medicaid rolls or suppress enrollment, critics say.
Arkansas got its initial program off the ground in 2018 before a federal judge said it was illegal.
In Georgia , the Pathways program, launched in 2023 , has offered coverage to a small portion of those who would qualify for Medicaid .
VR Score
84
Informative language
85
Neutral language
68
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
62
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
11
Source diversity
9
Affiliate links
no affiliate links