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'Medicaid work requirement'

Arkansas's 2018 Medicaid work requirement debacle holds lessons for Georgia as it rolls out similar policy

Arkansas told federal Medicaid authorities its new proposal is nothing like the "burdensome" 2018 work requirement. "DHS heavily considered the lessons learned," the agency said.
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Federal officials acknowledge that Hutchinson's bureaucratic trainwreck in Medicaid caused significant coverage losses

In a new court filing, the Trump administration blames the state's ill-conceived requirement that Medicaid beneficiaries report their work activities only via a glitchy website for the massive loss of coverage that followed. The Trump administration is trying to salvage the state's Medicaid work requirement, recently blocked by a federal judge, but its filing yesterday serves as a final rebuke to the web-only reporting requirement that the Hutchinson administration once strongly defended.
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Fact-checking the governor’s claims on Medicaid work rule compliance

The governor says almost 9 out of 10 Medicaid beneficiaries subject to the work requirement are complying with it. Others say 80 percent of those beneficiaries are NOT complying. Who's right?

Arkansas DHS to step up outreach on Medicaid work requirement and allow reporting by phone

The helpline (which can be reached at 1-855-372-1084) will operate from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. DHS will also buy paid advertising to better inform beneficiaries about the work requirement.
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Trump administration defends Arkansas's Medicaid work requirements

On Friday, the Trump administration filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit attempting to stop Arkansas's first-of-its-kind Medicaid work requirement. But comments made earlier this week by the top federal Medicaid official may indicate coming

Push pause on Arkansas's Medicaid work requirement, federal oversight panel says

Among those beneficiaries who are required to report, "91.6 percent ... failed to do so in September 2018," the letter said. That sends "a strong warning signal that the current process may not be structured in a way that provides individuals an opportunity to succeed, with high stakes for beneficiaries who fail."
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