What GOP’s plan for Medicaid work requirements would mean
LA TimesA sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital Jan. 24, 2014. More than a half million of the poorest Americans could be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for healthcare coverage through Medicaid. The work requirements say able-bodied adults ages 19 to 55 who don’t have children or other dependents would be required to work, train for a job or perform community service to stay on Medicaid. Shaw wouldn’t be subject to the GOP’s work requirement because she has two daughters, but the family’s case illustrates how modest incomes can push people out of Medicaid coverage — and cost them big time. Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the federal government to OK a proposal that would move anyone who doesn’t comply with work requirements off Medicaid’s private insurance to traditional fee-for-service Medicaid.