...in recent weeks to hold off on
implementing its Medicaid work requirements program, Gateway to Work. The state
said it remains committed to the program, but will wait on a federal court
decision on the program's legality. Work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky
have already been blocked by judges who ruled the programs do not suit the
original purpose of Medicaid, and that CMS did not consider how many needy
beneficiaries could lose coverage. Indiana currently serves 1,370,084 Medicaid
members, with 365,146 enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan, the state's
Medicaid expansion effort and the population that would have been affected by
the work requirement.
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