Ohio Medicaid submits request for first ever work requirements
Medicaid -- the state-federal health insurance program for the poor -- covers about 3 million people, including 700,000 through Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
The new work requirements, if approved by the
The state estimates that about 95 percent would either meet the work requirement or be exempt but the remaining 36,000 risk losing their coverage.
Ohio Medicaid first proposed the work requirements in February and held a public comment period, during which dozens of medical and social service lobbying groups pushed back against the proposal.
Proponents have said the work requirements are necessary to push people toward jobs and self sufficiency.
Opponents to the work requirements have said it won't cut poverty and instead could leave residents with poorly paid and temporary jobs, not to mention wasted money on red tape.
Several organizations, including
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