States vow to press on with Medicaid work requirements
Arkansas and Kentucky officials are vowing to continue the fight to implement work requirements in their Medicaid programs despite a US District Court judge striking down the mandates.
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Thousands in Arkansas lose Medicaid because of new work requirements
As many as 4,600 Medicaid recipients in Arkansas have lost their benefits for the rest of this year after failing to meet the state's new work requirements.
Arkansas Medicaid recipients must start working in June
Tens of thousands of low-income Arkansas residents will have to start working in June if they want to keep their Medicaid benefits.
Mike Pence's home state can now require Medicaid recipients to work
Vice President Mike Pence and Seema Verma revolutionized Medicaid in Indiana a few years ago.
Trump wants more poor Americans to work, but many already do
President Trump thinks more poor people should work. Congressional Republicans do, too.
