Arkansas to Drop Almost 4,400 From Medicaid Over Trump’s Work Requirement
- State cuts 4,353 from low-income health-insurance program
- Work requirements are part of push by states, White House
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An Arkansas policy backed by the Trump administration that requires people to have a job or lose Medicaid coverage will drop 4,353 people from the health program.
The Trump administration in January allowed states to propose so-called work requirements in Medicaid, the state-federal health-care program that covers more than 73 million low-income Americans. It’s the first time the federal government has allowed a work requirement in the program since it was created in 1965, and part of a broader effort by the administration to put new conditions on people who use government assistance programs.