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Trump’s work-for-Medicaid rule puts work on states’ shoulders



January 12, 2018

The Trump administration's watershed decision Thursday to allow states to test a work requirement for adult Medicaid enrollees sparked widespread criticism from doctors, advocates for the poor, and minority and disability rights groups.

Conservatives, however, hailed the change to the federal-state program for low-income people. Stephen Miller, the Medicaid commissioner for Kentucky, which received authority Friday to implement a work requirement, said the new policy will "allow states the flexibility to pursue innovative approaches to improve the health and well-being of Medicaid beneficiaries."

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20180112/Trumpe28099s-work-for-Medicaid-rule-puts-work-on-statese28099-shoulders.aspx