On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a waiver for the state of Indiana to add work requirements to their Medicaid program. You can read more about this waiver in Kaiser Health News. The American Association on Health and Disability (lead partner for the NDNRC) has serious concerns with adding work requirements to the Medicaid program and our partners in our enrollment outreach project, Community Catalyst, has written a blog post explaining some of the concerns with these added work requirements. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has also authored several fact sheets and resources explaining the harmful effects that this new waiver could have. They can be found at the links below:
- HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Indiana
- Indiana’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
- HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Indiana: Effects on People with Disabilities
- HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
- Trump HHS Approves Extension of Indiana’s Legally Suspect Medicaid Waiver Project
