Becker's Healthcare May 24, 2023
Work requirements for Medicaid and other federal assistance programs are at the center of debt ceiling negotiations between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, ABC News reported May 23.
Mr. McCarthy has called tougher work requirements a “red line” in the ongoing negotiations to reduce federal spending in exchange for addressing the debt ceiling, according to the report.
President Biden has said he would consider some work requirements, but not ones that would affect people’s healthcare or other areas of “consequence,” according to the report. Several Democrats have called the proposed requirements a nonstarter.
House Republicans included work requirements in a bill to raise the debt ceiling into next year. Under the proposal, Medicaid beneficiaries...
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