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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Trump may end up expanding Medicaid, whether he means to or not
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-trump-may-end-up-expanding-medicaid-whether-he-means-to-or-not/2018/01/28/df2ee6e8-01e1-11e8-8acf-ad2991367d9d_story.html?utm_term=.6d1fb62848e3
Republican lawmakers in a half-dozen states are launching fresh efforts to expand Medicaid, the nations health insurance program for the poor, as party holdouts who had blocked the expansion say theyre now open to it because of Trump administration guidelines allowing states to impose new requirements that program recipients work to get benefits.
In Utah, a Republican legislator working with the GOP governor says he hopes to pass a Medicaid expansion plan with work requirements within the year. In Idaho, a conservative lawmaker who steadfastly opposed Medicaid expansion in the past says the new requirements make him more open to the idea. And in Wyoming, a Republican senator who previously opposed expansion a key part of President Barack Obamas health-care law says hes ready to take another look at fellow Republicans expansion efforts in his state.
Moderate Republicans in North Carolina, Virginia and Kansas are similarly renewing calls to take up Medicaid expansion, though its unclear if there will be quite enough conservative support or whether Democrats would consider voting in favor of work requirements.
If successful, though, the efforts could make hundreds of thousands of Americans newly eligible for health coverage, while also opening the door to Medicaid changes that could kick some current beneficiaries out of the program and reduce its benefits to recipients broadening the programs reach into red states but with a decidedly conservative bent.
Republican lawmakers in a half-dozen states are launching fresh efforts to expand Medicaid, the nations health insurance program for the poor, as party holdouts who had blocked the expansion say theyre now open to it because of Trump administration guidelines allowing states to impose new requirements that program recipients work to get benefits.
In Utah, a Republican legislator working with the GOP governor says he hopes to pass a Medicaid expansion plan with work requirements within the year. In Idaho, a conservative lawmaker who steadfastly opposed Medicaid expansion in the past says the new requirements make him more open to the idea. And in Wyoming, a Republican senator who previously opposed expansion a key part of President Barack Obamas health-care law says hes ready to take another look at fellow Republicans expansion efforts in his state.
Moderate Republicans in North Carolina, Virginia and Kansas are similarly renewing calls to take up Medicaid expansion, though its unclear if there will be quite enough conservative support or whether Democrats would consider voting in favor of work requirements.
If successful, though, the efforts could make hundreds of thousands of Americans newly eligible for health coverage, while also opening the door to Medicaid changes that could kick some current beneficiaries out of the program and reduce its benefits to recipients broadening the programs reach into red states but with a decidedly conservative bent.
Something is better than nothing. Some new people will get coverage if this happens, even with work requirements.
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How Trump may end up expanding Medicaid, whether he means to or not (Original Post)
IronLionZion
Jan 2018
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Gothmog
(145,293 posts)1. Texas needs to expand medicaaid
qwlauren35
(6,148 posts)2. I agree.
The expansion is definitely going to affect people who are already working. So from that perspective, it's a win-win. I just have to hope that the red states don't screw those who are unemployable.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. Agree with your comment. Most folks who get into expansion already work. There are a lot of
exclusions to work requirements, as there should be under Medicaid. Most Medicaid recipients are young, going to school, in nursing home, disabled, etc. Those folks are exempted, although I'm sure some Medicaid administrators will be quite harsh on applying guidelines.
IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)4. More information on work requirements
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-and-work-requirements-new-guidance-state-waiver-details-and-key-issues/
Depending on how individual states write their eligibility. Still plenty of hurdles to make it difficult for people to qualify in some red states.
Depending on how individual states write their eligibility. Still plenty of hurdles to make it difficult for people to qualify in some red states.