Final rules for Medicaid work requirements are out — here's what you need to know

Medicaid agencies are scrambling to rework IT systems and make sure they have staff to effectively enforce the rules.

June 2026 MACPAC Report Urges Transparent Monitoring Of Medicaid Work Rules

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) released its June 2026 Report to Congress on Monday, offering ...

People with cancer or HIV could lose Medicaid under new work rules, advocates say

Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.
The New York Times

How Medicaid’s New Work Requirement Will Work

Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies. By Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff The authors are covering how new requirements will reshape ...

Medicaid's New Work Requirement Makes It Harder To Keep Working

In the two-year study, half of the people who lost coverage reported serious problems with medical debt. Fifty-six percent ...

Too sick to work, but can they prove it? New Medicaid rule worries patients

On hot afternoons, DeAnna Brandon’s three dogs zag around while she splashes in a backyard kiddie pool with her grandkids.
WFYI

Work requirements and Medicaid cuts, health experts worry changes will impact medically frail people

Seriously ill Hoosiers could have to prove they are unable to work under a new federal definition of work requirements put ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

As states face stricter Medicaid work requirements, Nebraska is an early test

Nebraska enacted new requirements on May 1, eight months ahead of the Jan. 1, 2027, deadline. New applicants have to prove that they're meeting the work requirements or qualify for an exception in the ...