Health Affairs

How States Are Preparing For Looming Medicaid Budget Cuts And Program Eligibility Changes

In anticipation of changes to Medicaid coming in 2027 and beyond, states are already exploring ways to tighten eligibility, ...

New federal Medicaid rules require 1 month of work. Some states demand more.

Starting next year, about 18.5 million adults will be subject to new Medicaid work rules in 42 states and Washington, D.C.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Coordinating Medicaid and SNAP Work Requirements to Streamline Determinations

H.R. 1, the reconciliation bill passed in July 2025, enacted a provision that takes away Medicaid from certain adults who can ...
Forbes

Medicaid Work Requirements Go Live Soon. Here’s How Many Could Lose Coverage

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media in May 2025 about the "One ...

Medicaid work rules will stress states' staffing capacity

Some states already don't have enough staff to quickly process Medicaid applications and answer enrollees' phone calls.
Health Affairs

Leading Health Policy Scholars: Medicaid Work Requirements Won’t Increase Employment

In a new survey of leading health care policy scholars conducted by the Cornell Health Policy Center, more than three quarters of respondents felt that the Medicaid work requirements introduced by the ...

NC General Assembly passes Medicaid bill with new oversight measures: Here’s what’s included

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina General Assembly passed initial approval on sweeping bill Wednesday that would ...