Monday, October 28, 2019

Citing ongoing legal challenges in other states, Arizona has...

...suspended implementation of its Medicaid work requirements program, which was set to begin Jan. 1, according to an Oct. 17 letter from the state to CMS. About 7% of Arizona's 1,730,071 Medicaid beneficiaries would have been affected by the new program at launch. While work requirements have proved a popular reform idea in many states, implementation of approved changes has been rocky, as legal arguments in favor of the programs have not held up in court, and administrative changes proved more of a strain on state budgets than originally thought.

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