Medicaid Work Requirements Under Way

Medicaid work requirements are becoming a reality this summer, as the first states begin to roll out hefty eligibility changes.

Arkansas launched its plan June 1, while Kentucky is readying for a July 1 start. Indiana, New Hampshire, and a host of other states are expected to follow suit, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services mulling eight similar proposals.

“It’ll be a fascinating laboratory,” Beth Kuhn, executive adviser with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, told Bloomberg Law. Kuhn is spearheading the commonwealth’s Medicaid employment program.

The Section 1115 waivers will tie Medicaid eligibility for the ...