Trump administration delays Medicaid work requirements by six months

Summary

The Trump administration will let states delay a requirement that some people in the Medicaid program work, volunteer or go to school to get health insurance, pausing a controversial policy that would throw millions of people's health coverage into question, Bloomberg reported on Friday 13 November. The work requirements were set to go into effect on Jan. 1 for many able-bodied adults who receive Medicaid, which could have left millions without health insurance, NBC News reported, headlining that the administration delays them by six months. The federal government had planned to require poor adults to prove they were working or lose insurance coverage, and it will now let states wait until July, The NY Times reported. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Saturday 14 November that the announcement, which followed a recent loss in court over a key element of the work requirement, represents a major setback for a long-sought Republican reform.

Latest: The federal government had planned to require poor adults to prove they were working or lose insurance coverage starting Jan. 1 and will now let states wait until July, The NY Times reported, and The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the announcement, which followed a recent loss in court over a key element of the work requirement, represents a major setback for a long-sought Republican reform, both headlining that the Trump administration delays enforcement of the Medicaid work requirement.

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