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.

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