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'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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Sanders announces plans for another work requirement for Medicaid recepients

Gov. Sarah Sanders announced on Tuesday plans to submit a waiver request to the federal government to add a work requirement to ARHome, the state's unique version of Medicaid expansion.
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After Biden nixes work requirements, Arkansas explores new path forward for Medicaid expansion

The state may instead experiment with a new work “incentive” program that could shift many low-income beneficiaries from private insurance plans to traditional, fee-for-service Medicaid.

Suffer the poor: a food stamp bill symbolizes a session's priorities

The Senate yesterday passed Rep. Mary Bentley's HB 1775 to add additional work requirements on recipients of food stamps, but not before a heated exchange between Sen. Scott Flippo, carrying the bill, and Sen. Joyce Elliott, unable to get answers from Flippo to her questions.
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House blocks Medicaid budget after judge strikes work requirement

Two days after a federal judge halted Arkansas's first-in-the-nation work requirement for certain Medicaid beneficiaries, the state House of Representatives rejected the entire Medicaid budget by a large margin on Friday.

Governor pushes to keep Medicaid expansion despite halt to work requirement

Hutchinson asked Trump administration officials to appeal a federal judge's order blocking the work rule
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Medicaid work requirement grows to include younger beneficiaries

If a beneficiary fails to report sufficient work hours for any three months in a calendar year, he or she is kicked off Arkansas Works and locked out of reapplying until the next year begins. Out of the 18,164 who lost coverage last year, 1,452 have applied for and regained coverage so far in 2019, the new DHS report says.

Over 18,000 lost coverage in 2018 due to Medicaid work rule, but only fraction have reapplied

"The consistent message [Arkansas Works beneficiaries] have heard loud and clear is that the state doesn’t want them to have health insurance coverage," he said.
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Arkansas a 'cautionary tale' for states considering Medicaid work requirements, health advocates say

The low reporting rate suggests that beneficiaries who have found new employment did so because they were already seeking a job, not because Arkansas's work requirement newly motivated them to do so, according to policy analysts.

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?
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Update: Work requirement ends Medicaid coverage for 4,600 more Arkansans in December

In the first week of December, the state terminated coverage for another 4,655 beneficiaries due to noncompliance with the work rule, adding to the 12,277 who were cut off and locked out of Medicaid from September to November.

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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