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Medicaid work requirements to affect 20 million people from 2027
20Mpeople
Adults potentially subject to the new Medicaid work mandate
Starting 1 January 2027, Medicaid work requirements will affect about 20 million people in 44 expansion states, requiring 80 hours monthly and six-month recertification. The law is projected to cut roughly $1tn in federal healthcare spending and leave about 17 million newly uninsured by 2034.
2 sourcesPBS News, The GuardianUpdated
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Medicaid work requirements for some beneficiaries begin across the United States in January.
2 of 2 sources“Work requirements that go into effect in January will apply only to people in the 44 states that “expanded” Medicaid”
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States requiring medical documentation immediately for the medical-frailty exemption
“at least six states are requiring documentation immediately”