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