First Approved Medicaid Work Rule on Chopping Block in Kentucky

Months of negotiations, over a year of court battles, and $100 million have been invested in Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement program—the first ever approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

But the first in what became a wave of Medicaid work requirement plans will be washed away with one signature next month.

“In my first week in office I am going to rescind this governor’s Medicaid waiver,” Kentucky Governor-elect Andy Beshear (D) said during his victory speech on the night he unseated incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin (R).

In January 2018 Kentucky arose as a model for Republican-led states ...