HealthLeaders Media March 5, 2024
Marie DeFreitas

Will new Medicaid expansions be followed by work requirements?

More and more states are expanding Medicaid and work requirements are following. Recently, two more states have added work requirements for Medicaid coverage.

Mississippi

Mississippi voted to expand Medicaid under the ACA last month and the new expansion issues a work requirement, but the Biden Administration could refuse to allow the state to implement it.

Gov. Tate Reeves has notoriously opposed Medicaid expansion, often derisively referring to it as “Obamacare expansion.” Reeves will most likely veto the bill but a report stated that the legislature could override his veto with a two-thirds vote from both chambers.

South Dakota

Coming...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicaid, Patient / Consumer, States
Medicaid spending on weight loss, diabetes drugs up 500% since 2019: 5 numbers to know
CMS Launches New Program for Mental Health, OUD Treatment
Georgia Medicaid shakeup could force 3 in 4 beneficiaries to change plans: Centene CEO
CMS Announces Participating States in The Innovation in Behavioral Health Model
Hospital Margins Rebounded in 2023, But Rural Hospitals and Those With High Medicaid Shares Were Struggling More Than Others

Share This Article