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Trump Administration to Allow Work Requirements for Medicaid Recipients

HeadlineJan 12, 2018

The White House said Thursday it will allow states to impose work requirement rules on many recipients of Medicaid, the federally funded healthcare program. The move could force low-income people in at least 10 states to find employment or risk losing access to healthcare. The White House insists the change would only target so-called able-bodied adults and would not affect children or people with disabilities.

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