Medicaid work requirements, which the Trump administration has strongly backed, are on hold in many states following federal district court and appellate court rulings holding that such policies are not consistent with the statutory objective of the Medicaid program to provide coverage, according to Modern Healthcare.
Of the 10...Arizona News
Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen received a 32 count indictment in Arizona on Oct. 15 following the discovery of an adoption scheme orchestrated by Petersen involving transporting women from the Marshall Islands to the United States to give birth. The pregnant women he brought to the U.S. were able to receive government-funded...Arizona News
Work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries have currently been approved in nine states, including Arizona, and an estimated 76,000 to 103,000 Arizonans could lose coverage as a result. Hundreds of thousands of other beneficiaries across eight other states are also at risk of losing their coverage after 12 months of implementation,...Arizona News
The Trump administration took a blow last week in healthcare policy as a federal judge blocked Medicaid work requirements in both Kentucky and Arkansas. Currently, eight states have received approval form the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for waivers to establish work requirements, the most recent being Arizona, which...National News
One of the first states to implement Medicaid beneficiary work requirements has reported more than 7,000 people failed to report at least 80 hours of work for the month.
Consequences are crucial for recipients, as they face the possibility of losing Medicaid coverage if they do not comply for at least three months of a calendar...
