You might need a job to be on Idaho Medicaid — if you’re among these 700
The work requirements tend to be more broad than just "working." Medicaid patients could also qualify if they're searching for a job or in a job-training program.
It's rare for "able-bodied" adults to be allowed on Medicaid in
Otherwise, adults only qualify if they have children and make less than 21 percent of poverty-level income, or if they're a pregnant woman under or slightly above the poverty level.
Roughly 7 in 10 of
Of those, the vast majority already have a work requirement, Health and Welfare said, because they receive food stamps or are part of financial aid or child care programs. The agency estimates just 700 adults would be affected by Tuesday's proposal.
There were about 78,000 adults on Idaho Medicaid in fiscal year 2017, and about 223,000 children.
Nationwide, the
In
"The department shall seek a waiver to establish work requirements for able-bodied adult Medicaid participants," the new bill language says. Those requirements "shall be consistent with the work requirements in the
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