TRUMP AGENDA - Attack on Medicaid

"With new work requirement, thousands lose Medicaid coverage in Arkansas" PBS NewsHour 11/19/2018

More evidence that to Republicans you are not worth spending money on.

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SUMMARY:  A major initiative of the Trump administration has been adding work requirements to benefit programs for the poor, now including Medicaid.  This year, Arkansas became the first state to roll out the requirement.  As a result, more than 12,000 people there have lost their coverage.  Special correspondent and Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell travels to Arkansas to explore what’s at stake.

FEDERAL COURT RULING - Kentucky's Medicaid Work Requirements

"A ruling against Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirements could affect other states" PBS NewsHour 9/1/2018

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SUMMARY:  A federal judge recently ruled against Kentucky’s work requirement for Medicaid recipients after it became the first state to impose the policy.  The judge called the mandate “arbitrary and capricious” in a decision that could have an impact on other states looking to implement a similar policy.  Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of health law and policy at George Washington University, joins Hari Sreenivasan.