Slow Down Medicaid-for-Work Approvals, Federal Advisers Urge

Federal advisers will ask the Trump administration to hold off on approving controversial Medicaid work requirements, an advisory panel decided Oct. 25.

The new rules tie Medicaid eligibility to maintaining a job, pursuing education, or volunteering. Members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission also want Arkansas, the first state to roll out the sweeping eligibility overhaul, to slow down implementation while they build in more safeguards for beneficiaries.

Implementation of sweeping Medicaid overhauls is always difficult but less so with more time and more data, Commissioner Christopher Gorton said. Gorton is the former president of public plans ...