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It appears major changes may be coming to Medicaid, which insures around 70 million Americans and provides health coverage for low-income adults, people with disabilities and some children.
The Trump administration supported work or volunteer hours as a requirement for health coverage. The move was spearheaded by Seema Verma, then-director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Now, this is changing. In February, the Biden administration told states with work requirements that these programs are under review.
“It certainly seems like CMS has taken a position that the work requirements do not fulfill the objectives of the Medicaid act,” says Adam Mueller, advocacy director for Indiana Legal Services. His organization is part of a lawsuit seeking to block Indiana’s work requirement.
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