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Some states have turned down Medicaid expansion and are creating obstacles for very low-income parents. Kansas and Mississippi are the latest to propose wrong-headed work requirements.
The Trump Administration is taking action to reduce access to Medicaid for low-income workers, while on the other hand, voters are saying loud and clear they support increasing access to Medicaid for low-income workers.
As a Kansan, I can tell you that the Kansas “experiment” failed terribly. Kansans—particularly low-income residents and children—bore the brunt of the Kansas tax experiment.
Having failed to cut Medicaid through legislation, the Trump Administration is moving forward with administrative actions that would permit states to impose roadblocks to enrollment.
Suzanne Wikle is quoted about the harm that work requirements can have on people covered by Medicaid.
Now that a last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid has failed, it's time for Congress to focus on bipartisan solutions, including reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Cites CLASP brief on the perils of financing Medicaid through block grants or per capita caps.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) currently covers over 8 million low-income children in working families with income too high to qualify for Medicaid. But without action from Congress, this program will expire at the end of September 2017.
Following the latest collapse of the Senate proposal to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Senate leadership has revived the idea of simply repealing the ACA.
After failing to gain support for their first health care bill, Senate Republican leadership has released a new bill, without making any substantive changes that would increase access to meaningful coverage. The new bill should be swiftly rejected.