Political battle erupts over Medicaid work requirements as Republicans frame them as preserving the safety net while ...

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ignites debate—supporters praise welfare reform, while critics fear harm to vulnerable ...

Arkansas tried Medicaid work requirements seven years ago. The state used the requirements to remove 18,000 adults from the Medicaid rolls in just four months. Yet subsequent studies found that it ...

Arkansas Department of Human Services Sec. Kristi Putnam discusses the state's waiver request for Medicaid work requirements on Jan. 28, 2025 as State Medicaid Director Janet Mann, left, and Gov ...

Republicans insist that Medicaid work requirements will weed out people who shouldn't be on the safety net program's rolls in the first place. The reality is that the red tape and bureaucratic ...

Sustained engagement with work is essential to helping Medicaid recipients achieve independence and maintaining a well-functioning safety net, as it empowers people to escape poverty and improve ...

Still, several states are quickly moving to restart Medicaid work requirements. Besides the three states of Arkansas, Ohio, and South Carolina, Iowa and South Dakota are considering similar proposals.

In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.

Lost in the current debate over imposing “work requirements” for Medicaid eligibility has been how such requirements might actually benefit recipients and what “work-free Medicaid ...

Expanding work requirements to SNAP and Medicaid, for example, must come with investments in education, training, and services. Third, the TANF experience shows that many single mothers left the ...

Still, several states are quickly moving to restart Medicaid work requirements. Besides the three states of Arkansas, Ohio, and South Carolina, Iowa and South Dakota are considering similar proposals.

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House sent a clear signal about Medicaid to Republicans across the country: Requiring enrollees to prove they are working, volunteering, or going to school ...