Updated: February 14, 2020
Medicaid work requirements have been in the news a lot over the last few years ever since CMS issued new guidance on it. Previously we had a blog post which summarized our news items and resources on this topic and this post is intended to provide an updated list.
Some states have had waivers approved which would add work requirements to their Medicaid programs and other states are considering them. Here is a list of all our news items which we have released on Medicaid work requirements over the last two years (in reverse chronological order):
- Circuit Court Rejects Medicaid Work Requirements (2/14/20)
- CBPP Recaps Medicaid Work Requirements (1/9/20)
- GAO Reports Millions Spent by States Administering Work Requirements (10/17/19)
- Do Medicaid Work Requirements Work? (8/29/19)
- New Issue Brief on Medicaid and Work (8/12/19)
- Judge Throws out Medicaid Work Requirements in New Hampshire (8/1/19)
- New Hampshire Suspends Work Requirements (7/11/19)
- Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Work Requirements (3/28/19)
- Update on Medicaid Work Requirements Litigation (3/21/19)
- CBPP Report Highlights Problems with Work Requirements (1/10/19)
- Update on Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements (1/3/19)
- CBPP Report Shows Work Requirements Don’t Protect People with Disabilities (11/15/18)
- Kaiser Looks at Implementation of Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas (10/10/18)
- Brief Examines Coverage Losses Due to Arkansas Work Requirements (9/14/18)
- NHeLP Files Lawsuit Challenging Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements (8/16/18)
- Court Halts Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Requirement (7/2/18)
- Brief Examines What Nationwide Medicaid Work Requirement Would Look Like (6/29/18)
- Kaiser Looks at Data on Those Affected by Medicaid Work Requirements (6/14/18)
- CMS Approves Arkansas Medicaid Waiver (3/12/18)
- CCD Sends Letter to HHS Opposing Work Requirements (2/7/18)
- CMS Approves Medicaid Work Requirements in Indiana (2/6/18)
- Issue Brief Examines How People with Disabilities Would Be Affected by Work Requirements (1/30/18)
- NHeLP Sues Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements (1/25/18)
- Kaiser Brief Looks at Medicaid Work Requirements (1/17/18)
Here are some resources from other organizations on this issue (in reverse chronological order):
- NDNRC Medicaid Social Media Toolkit
- Community Catalyst – Communications Toolkit: Medicaid Makes the Difference
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – More States Reconsidering Medicaid Work Requirements (1/9/20)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Medicaid Enrollment Decline Among Adults and Children Too Large to Be Explained by Falling Unemployment (7/2019)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Proposals to Couple Medicaid Expansion With Work Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions (4/2019)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – New Arkansas Data Contradict Claims That Most Who Lost Medicaid Found Jobs (3/19/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Restrictive Medicaid Policies Will Impede Innovation to Improve Care and Reduce Costs (3/14/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Revisions Can’t Fix Montana Medicaid Proposal — Still Takes Coverage From Thousands (3/7/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – West Virginia Bill Would Cause at Least 46,000 to Lose Medicaid Coverage (2/27/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – States Are Reconsidering Restrictive Medicaid Waiver Policies (2/25/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Health Care Providers, Advocates Explain Harm of Medicaid Work Requirements (2/21/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Arkansas Medicaid Beneficiaries Struggling With Reporting Requirement as More Face Work Requirement (2/19/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Medicaid Coverage Losses Mounting in Arkansas From Work Requirement (1/17/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Medicaid Work Requirements Can’t Be Fixed: Unintended Consequences Are Inevitable Result (1/10/19)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Vast Majority of Those Losing Coverage From Medicaid Waivers Will Be Uninsured (12/3/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Wisconsin Medicaid Waiver Will Reduce Coverage, Create New Barriers to Care (11/1/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Michigan’s Waiver Proposal Would Undermine Its Successful Medicaid Expansion (10/22/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – New Studies Confirm Harm from Medicaid Work Policies (9/25/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Rural Residents – And Communities (8/22/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Kentucky Medicaid Waiver Reapproval Would Hurt Wide Range of Beneficiaries (8/22/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Eligible Arkansas Medicaid Beneficiaries Still Struggling to Meet Rigid Work Requirements (8/21/18)
- Health Affairs blog – The Social Determinants Speak: Medicaid Work Requirements Will Worsen Health (8/6/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Proposed Medicaid Eligibility Restrictions Have Costly Unintended Consequences (5/23/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Medicaid Waiver Proposals Creating New Barriers to Coverage, Will Cost States Millions (5/23/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Harm to Women From Taking Away Medicaid for Not Meeting Work Requirements (5/10/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Many Working People Could Lose Health Coverage Due to Medicaid Work Requirements (4/11/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Low-Wage Workers (4/11/18)
- Justice in Aging – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Older Adults & Family Caregivers (4/6/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Children (4/4/18)
- Georgetown University Center for Children and Families – The Impact of Alabama’s Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement on Low-Income Families with Children (3/2018)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – HHS Approves Sec. 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities (3/8/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – Arkansas’s Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity (3/8/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – Arkansas Waiver Program and Its Adverse Impact on Reproductive Health Services (3/8/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Harm People with Mental Health Conditions (3/7/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Arkansas – Including Work Requirements with Lockouts (3/6/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Families, Including Workers (2/28/18)
- Kaiser Family Foundation – Medicaid Waiver Tracker (2/21/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Older Americans (2/20/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm People with Substance Use Disorders (2/8/18)
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) – Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (2/7/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – Indiana’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity (2/5/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver in Indiana: Effects on People with Disabilities (2/5/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services (2/5/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – HHS Approves Harmful Section 1115 Waiver Project in Indiana (2/2/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – Trump HHS Approves Extension of Indiana’s Legally Suspect Medicaid Waiver Project (2/2/18)
- Community Catalyst – And Then There Were Two: Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 Becomes Second Medicaid Program To Add Work Requirement (2/2/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Medicaid Work Requirements Will Reduce Low-Income Families’ Access to Care and Worsen Health Outcomes (2/8/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm People with Disabilities and Serious Illnesses (1/26/18)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) – Kentucky Waiver Will Harm Medicaid Beneficiaries (1/16/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – HHS Approves Harmful 1115 Waivers in Kentucky – Including Work Requirements, Lockouts, and Waiting Periods (1/12/18)
- Families USA – Kentucky’s Medicaid Waiver Will Lead to Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Losing Health Insurance (1/18)
- Kaiser Family Foundation – How Might Medicaid Adults with Disabilities Be Affected By Work Requirements in Section 1115 Waiver Programs? (1/18)
- Kaiser Family Foundation – Medicaid and Work Requirements: New Guidance, State Waiver Details and Key Issues (1/18)
- Kaiser Family Foundation – Approved Changes to Medicaid in Kentucky (1/18)
- National Health Law Program (NHeLP) – Summary of NHeLP lawsuit (1/18)