February 20, 2025
National Health Law Program
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Republicans in Congress are once again considering adding work requirements to Medicaid. These policies put applicants and enrollees at serious risk to obtaining and keeping Medicaid. The evidence on work and Medicaid points to two important conclusions: First, Medicaid coverage helps more people work. Second, work requirements are failed policies that increase red tape and take Medicaid away from people, and particularly people with disabilities, regardless of exemptions or attempted carveouts. We'll discuss why work requirements should not be added to Medicaid and what has been problematic about past legislative and administrative work requirement proposals.
