Trump poised to take action on Medicaid work requirements

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Trump poised to take action on Medicaid work requirements
By Peter Sullivan - 01/05/18 05:54 AM EST

The Trump administration is preparing to release guidelines soon for requiring Medicaid recipients to work, according to sources familiar with the plans, a major shift in the 50-year-old program.

The guidelines will set the conditions for allowing states to add work requirements to their Medicaid programs for the first time, putting a conservative twist on the health insurance program for the poor.

Democrats are gearing up for a fight, likely including lawsuits, arguing the administration is trying to undermine ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion on its own after Congress failed to repeal the health law.

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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/367514-trump-poised-to-take-action-on-medicaid-work-requirements

[LMAO]

 Window dressing

They need the first reel back a lot of these new Medicaid sign-ups except for the most needy

[edpc]

Whether they're working or not, many doctors don't even want to accept patients on Medicaid due to the low reimbursement and paperwork headaches.

[Restored]

Medicaid was intended for people who can't work (children, handicapped) but Obama extended it to the freeloading class.
If you are working and on Medicaid, you are sitting on a time bomb and the government is holding the match.

[WingNot]

Medicaid was intended for people who can't work (children, handicapped) but Obama extended it to the freeloading class.
If you are working and on Medicaid, you are sitting on a time bomb and the government is holding the match.

Obama was the Black LBJ. 

[LMAO]

Medicaid was intended for people who can't work (children, handicapped) but Obama extended it to the freeloading class.
If you are working and on Medicaid, you are sitting on a time bomb and the government is holding the match.

 Many of the states signed up new Medicare recipients in order to get federal money under Obamacare.

At some point the federal government is going to require the states to cover more of it

[Emjay]

I think the Trump administration is trying to cut back on the whole Medicaid program which has been abused from the start.

Doing this work requirement thing is just the first step.

Obama was compassionate as long as we paid.