Biden To Ax Trump-Era Medicaid Work Requirement

The Washington Post reports:

The Biden administration is planning Friday to wipe out one of the core health policies of the Trump era, taking actions that will immediately rescind permission for states to compel poor residents to work in exchange for receiving Medicaid benefits.

Federal health officials will withdraw their predecessors’ invitation to states to apply for approval to impose such work requirements and will notify 10 states granted permission that it is about to be retracted, according to a draft plan obtained by The Washington Post and confirmed by two individuals familiar with the decision, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

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Biden moving to wipe out Trump’s Medicaid work requirements on Friday, per draft plan obtained by the Post. https://t.co/UEABGAgRsy with @goldsteinamy, confirming @adamcancryn’s scoop

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 12, 2021