Axios - The new Medicaid work rules in President Trump's tax-and-spending law put states on a tight timetable for setting up systems to notify millions of recipients about the requirements — and to track if they're complying.
Previous efforts to set work rules in Georgia and Arkansas showed it could be a messy and expensive process that generally relies on outside vendors to set up the necessary infrastructure.
- Georgia spent nearly $100 million but in two years only enrolled a fraction of those eligible at a cost of $13,000 per enrollee.
The new law starting in 2027 will require states to condition Medicaid eligibility for able-bodied adults on working, volunteering or doing other qualifying activities for at least 80 hours per month.
- States have to verify recipients' eligibility monthly and do redeterminations at least twice a year. The new law provides $200 million to states for implementation.
- The technical requirements, and the compressed time frame for rolling out the rules, will likely leave many states scrambling or applying for extensions, Medicaid experts say...More
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