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New rules for the Medicaid work requirements
The Trump administration published a highly anticipated document yesterday laying out the rules for new Medicaid work requirements. The policy, created as part of President Trump’s tax bill last summer, requires adults who enrolled through the program’s expansion and those with lower incomes who are not also enrolled in Medicare to spend at least 80 hours per month either working, doing community service, or, at least half the time, engaging in education.
There are a variety of exemptions, including people who are “medically frail,” but questions remain about which medical conditions might put people into that category. States will rush to understand all the rules by the time they go into effect at the start of 2027. Read more on the details from STAT’s John Wilkerson and Tara Bannow.
