Meidcaid recipients to get work requirements
Posted January 12, 2018 6:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is rewriting the rules on health care for the poor. The administration said Thursday it will allow states to require "able-bodied" Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly debated first in the program's half-century history.
Seema Verma (SEE'-muh VUHR'-muh), head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, says requiring work or community involvement can make a positive difference in people's lives and in their health.
But critics of the move say work requirements will become one more hoop for low-income people to jump through, and many could be denied needed coverage because of technicalities and challenging new paperwork. Lawsuits are expected as individual states roll out work requirements.
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2017 file photo, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J. The Trump administration says it's offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements for Medicaid recipients, and that's a major policy shift toward low-income people. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
The Associated Press
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