Ohio Is First Mover in What Could Be New Wave of Medicaid Work Requirements
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Jan 10, 2025
In the waning days of 2024, Ohio’s Dept. of Medicaid applied for a waiver that would let the state again try to implement a type of demonstration program that the first Donald Trump administration embraced enthusiastically: requiring certain Medicaid enrollees to prove they’re employed or risk losing health coverage.
Ohio’s application — which will be reviewed by CMS once Trump takes office for his second term — is likely to be followed by other states filing similar waivers, one health policy expert tells AIS Health, a division of MMIT. And like the spate of work requirements waivers approved during the first Trump administration, the new crop of demonstrations may not be good news for Medicaid managed care organizations.
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