Déjà Vu All Over Again: Congress’s Repeated Attempts to Create Work Requirements in Medicaid

Commonwealth Fund April 27, 2023
Sara Rosenbaum, Sara Rosenbaum

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Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to address the debt limit would require that adults ages 19-55 without dependents meet work requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibility

History shows that work requirements have little impact on employment, yet they create onerous administrative burdens for individuals and states and ultimately cause people to lose health coverage and access to care

Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this week to address the debt limit — known as the Limit, Save, and Grow Act (LSGA) — would require that adults ages 19-55 without dependents meet work requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibility. History has shown this to be a failed policy — with negligible effects on...

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