Arkansans Challenge the State’s Medicaid Work Requirements
In a federal lawsuit lodged today in the
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Like the many Arkansans who lack online access or computer literacy, Gresham could not navigate the mandatory online reporting system alone. The state does not accept in-person or telephone reports. Any three months of non-compliance results in termination from the program for the rest of the year. In the first month of work requirements, 72 percent of the people required to go online to report failed to do so.
De Liban added, "Medicaid is not a work program; it is a program to provide health coverage. Medicaid coverage enables people with limited incomes and no health insurance to become healthy. Without access to health services, it is nearly impossible to be healthy enough to find and keep a job."
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In June, a federal judge vacated the administration's approval of a similar work requirement in
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