APRIL 2026 | VOLUME 43, NO. 4 New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More. BY SAMANTHA LISS Millions of people who apply for whether to require one, two, or three to children, people 65 or older, or down on “waste, fraud,...
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APRIL 2026 | VOLUME 43, NO. 4 New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More. BY SAMANTHA LISS Millions of people who apply for whether to require one, two, or three to children, people 65 or older, or down on “waste, fraud, and abuse” in Medicaid in the coming years will months of work history. people with disabilities or serious public programs. have to prove they’ve been working, As in Indiana, Republican Idaho health issues. When ineligible people get enrolled, it going to school, or volunteering for at lawmakers approved a three-month Typically, state administrators — not robs “the truly vulnerable Hoosier who least a month before they can gain or requirement, and the state’s governor lawmakers — detail how they plan to actually needs the help,” Garten said retain health insurance through the signed the bill into law on April 10. comply with new federal standards, during a January committee hearing. government program. and they often look to federal
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