Stricter Medicaid work requirement test catches states off guard

This article was originally published on State House News Service.

States are scrambling to overhaul their Medicaid work requirement plans in response to a new federal rule that would require stricter limitations than many policymakers and advocacy groups had anticipated.

“It will be a significant burden to implement,” said Kody Kinsley, the former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

The Interim Final Rule, released by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday…

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