The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on January 11, 2018 announced a new policy that would allow states to impose work as a requirement for Medicaid eligibility.1 Under the new policy, “work” is also referred to as community engagement and includes employment, volunteering, job search or job training programs; beneficiaries would be required to work 20 hours per week.2 Pregnant women, the disabled, the elderly, the medically frail and children are exempted.3
June 01, 2018
The New Work Requirement for Medicaid
Olivia Obasi, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC
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