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Health & Science Kentucky becomes the first state allowed to impose Medicaid work requirement
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<blockquote data-quote="chadh2o" data-source="post: 3071850" data-attributes="member: 40131"><p>A day after the Trump administration <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-opens-door-to-let-states-impose-medicaid-work-requirements/2018/01/11/d6374482-f628-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html?utm_term=.77a02e20124a" target="_blank">announced</a> that it would allow states to compel poor people on Medicaid to work or get ready for jobs, federal health officials on Friday granted Kentucky permission to impose those requirements.</p><p></p><p>Becoming the first-in-the-nation state to move forward with the profound change to the safety-net health insurance program is a victory for Kentucky’s Republican governor, Matt Bevin, who during his 2015 campaign for office vowed to reverse the strong embrace of the Affordable Care Act by his Democratic predecessor.</p><p></p><p>Bevin first pledged to undo the state’s expansion of Medicaid, which had helped to shrink the ranks of uninsured Kentuckians more than in almost any other state. He then pivoted to the idea of keeping the additional people in the program — with strings attached that the federal government had never permitted in Medicaid’s half-century history.</p><p>More... <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kentucky-becomes-the-first-state-allowed-to-impose-medicaid-work-requirement/2018/01/12/b7b56e3e-f7b4-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.8257df09481a" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kentucky-becomes-the-first-state-allowed-to-impose-medicaid-work-requirement/2018/01/12/b7b56e3e-f7b4-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.8257df09481a</a></p><p></p><p>I am so embarrassed to post anything by WP. The comments section really shows the lack of reading comprehension by the public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chadh2o, post: 3071850, member: 40131"] A day after the Trump administration [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-opens-door-to-let-states-impose-medicaid-work-requirements/2018/01/11/d6374482-f628-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html?utm_term=.77a02e20124a']announced[/URL] that it would allow states to compel poor people on Medicaid to work or get ready for jobs, federal health officials on Friday granted Kentucky permission to impose those requirements. Becoming the first-in-the-nation state to move forward with the profound change to the safety-net health insurance program is a victory for Kentucky’s Republican governor, Matt Bevin, who during his 2015 campaign for office vowed to reverse the strong embrace of the Affordable Care Act by his Democratic predecessor. Bevin first pledged to undo the state’s expansion of Medicaid, which had helped to shrink the ranks of uninsured Kentuckians more than in almost any other state. He then pivoted to the idea of keeping the additional people in the program — with strings attached that the federal government had never permitted in Medicaid’s half-century history. More... [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kentucky-becomes-the-first-state-allowed-to-impose-medicaid-work-requirement/2018/01/12/b7b56e3e-f7b4-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.8257df09481a[/URL] I am so embarrassed to post anything by WP. The comments section really shows the lack of reading comprehension by the public. [/QUOTE]
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