Medicaid work requirements and apparent infectious disease outbreaks

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Battle for exemption from labor requirements

Patient groups are fighting to be exempted from Medicaid’s work requirements, but states’ unusually fast implementation timelines pose a headache.

Advocates for Medicaid recipients want the federal government to exempt certain patient populations from new requirements that able-bodied adult Medicaid recipients work at least 20 hours a week, attend school or participate in community service. Otherwise, it will be difficult to help people navigate the patchwork of rules from state to state.

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