The Treasury Department and IRS proposed regulations Wednesday that would tighten eligibility for Affordable Care Act subsidies and prevent people who lose Medicaid solely for failing work-reporting requirements from receiving federal assistance to purchase Marketplace coverage. The proposal implements premium tax credit provisions in...
According to a new Issue Brief from Georgetown University, new Medicaid work-reporting requirements are likely to confuse low-income parents. Parents who qualify for AHCCCS under Arizona's caretaker relative category are not subject to impending 2027 Medicaid work-reporting requirements.
According to research from ...
A federal judge has rejected the effort from a coalition of 25 states, including Arizona, to enjoin a rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would require patients to prove "medical frailty" in order to obtain an exemption from the federally mandated Medicaid work requirement authorized by the One Big Beautiful...
After a decade of failed attempts to destroy the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through legal challenges, the Trump administration is changing its approach to applying heavy modifications that favor employers and boosting plans that aren't required to meet ACA criteria. This time, the administration is reaching out to states like Arizona for...Arizona News
Medicaid work requirements were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA) as a means to offset the bill spending, meaning that the goal is for enrollees to lose coverage as a direct result of the program. In Arizona, up to 500,000 enrollees in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) will be...
Prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, which authorized the creation of national rules for Medicaid work requirements, Arizona was primed to implement a work requirement for eligibility on its own. In the finalized rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services suddenly altered the guidance for exemption...Arizona News
In a report released yesterday, Protect Our Care, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on expanding healthcare coverage and defending the Affordable Care Act, identified seven Arizona hospitals at risk of cuts or closure and nine Arizona clinics that have closed or announced closure since the passage of Trump's flagship legislation, The...Arizona News
As details come into focus of the federal work requirements that will be imposed on state Medicaid programs next year, health systems are preparing for how the cuts will undermine their bottom line.
The new rules, released earlier this month, detail a much stricter work requirement program than initially predicted, and many recipients...Arizona News
A new analysis from the Urban Institute, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, finds that recently enacted federal Medicaid policy changes could significantly reduce coverage, with Arizona facing substantial enrollment losses depending on how the state implements the law.
The report examines the impact of work requirements and...
A new RAND analysis of the Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act suggests Arizona could face some of the largest fiscal and enrollment impacts in the country over the next decade.
The research report published last week finds that expansion states with heavy use of state-directed payments and provider...
In October, a whopping $8 billion reduction in Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments took effect. More cuts are queued up for January 2026 and January 2027, bringing the total hit to $24 billion. Meanwhile, the government shut down on Oct. 1, and the House isn’t even in session—so don’t expect relief soon.
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this month released the final tally of the number of people expected to lose Medicaid coverage under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and private companies are gearing up to facilitate the implementation of the new law.
Hospitals are bracing for major revenue losses and declining margins as lost...
