Medicaid Work Rules Hit Right After Midterms

“It is a date keeping U.S. healthcare providers up at night: January 1, 2027,” The Guardian reports.

“As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go into effect.”

“Millions of Medicaid beneficiaries will be required, though a maze of government paperwork, to show they’re working 80 hours per month. And that’s just the marquee change.”