“The Trump administration is preparing to let conservative-led states impose additional restrictions on the nation’s health program for the poor that could push tens of thousands of people off coverage, POLITICO has learned.
The high-stakes changes, involving work requirements and questions about illegal drug use, have been the subject of intense behind-the-scenes lobbying in recent months by federal and state lawmakers in the latest chapter of the GOP’s long-running efforts to reshape Medicaid — a policy priority extending back to the Reagan era.
And they are moving forward even after a federal judge blocked Kentucky’s work requirement in June, saying the Trump administration failed to consider how the plan would affect coverage, and new evidence that thousands of Arkansans will lose benefits because of the state’s work requirement. Advocacy groups have sued to stop Medicaid work requirements in both states and threaten further litigation if more changes are OK’d.”
Read more at: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/16/medicaid-changes-trump-work-drug-use-741890
Source: Politico.com – August 16, 2018
See related article: What’s next for the Trump administration on Medicaid available at: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2018/08/17/whats-next-for-the-trump-administration-on-medicaid-320684
