18,164 off Medicaid in 6 months of work rule

[TexasTowelie]

The first six months of the work requirement for Arkansas’ Medicaid program ended with 18,164 people being kicked off for noncompliance, including more than 1,200 who lost coverage Jan. 1, the state reported Tuesday.

The enrollees who have lost coverage so far represent about 47 percent of the 38,000 enrollees the state initially estimated would be subject to the requirement in 2018 and not automatically exempt based on information in state records.

The state phased in the requirement last year for Arkansas Works enrollees age 30-49 and began phasing it in this month for those age 19-29.

To meet the requirement, enrollees who don’t qualify for an exemption must spend 80 hours a month on work or other approved activities and report the hours using a state website or over the phone, an option that was added last month.

Read more: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jan/16/18164-medicaid-6-months-work-rule/

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1. And the GOP Gov thinks this is great.

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2. This is from trump and the gop

Yelling people one thing (lying) then doing another. Its called bait and switch people , and they've done it with health care, and other issues. Remember trump claimed he's give everyone better health care, then signed the tax scam giving the wealthy billions , and cut trillions from Medicare , Medicaid , and Social Security.