The CBO estimates 5.3 million more people will be uninsured in 2034 because of a new Medicaid work requirement. Life is getting more expensive. What’s next? Stream CNN Breaks It Down for answers on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/4bZ6MRr #News
The CBO estimates 5.3 million more people will be uninsured in 2034 because of a new Medicaid work requirement. Life is getting more expensive. What’s next? Stream CNN Breaks It Down for answers on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/4bZ6MRr #News
Massive changes to Medicaid eligibility are entering a new phase as states begin implementing new work rules and patients face the first real risk of losing coverage. The big picture: The crunch period has started for states to get the word out and set up systems for many Medicaid enrollees to report at least 80 hours a month of work, school or volunteering or get an exemption. - "If that goes wrong, people are going to be really, really upset, and that is a political firestorm that nobody wants," said Matt Salo, a health care consultant and former executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. Driving the news: In Nebraska this week, Medicaid enrollees who fail to report their community engagements will start to…
Nebraska's Medicaid director, in an exclusive interview with nonprofit news organization Tradeoffs, said roughly 200 people will lose health coverage on Aug. 1.
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