With GOP in Charge, States, Lawmakers Are Eager to Resurrect Medicaid Work Requirements

  • Feb 20, 2025

    The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reenergized proponents of Medicaid work requirements, a controversial but popular policy during Trump’s first term. While a handful of states have already signaled that they want to resurrect their work requirements programs, which typically apply to the Medicaid expansion population, a new bill introduced in the House of Representatives, known as the Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act, calls for a federal Medicaid work requirement. Sponsored by Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and supported by Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), the bill would require “able-bodied” adults without dependents who receive Medicaid benefits to work or volunteer for at least 20 hours per week.

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  • Carina Belles

    Carina has been covering public-sector health care since 2018. As a data reporter for Radar on Medicare Advantage, she creates infographics and data stories on issues impacting Medicare, Medicaid and Part D. She also develops AIS Health Daily, a free daily newsletter that showcases AIS’s strong reporting across our four publications and parent company Norstella’s suite of market access and data solutions. Prior to joining the editorial team, she managed Medicare and Medicaid data for the Directory of Health Plans, AIS’s industry-standard health coverage database. She graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Journalism.

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