LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas has removed more than 12,000 people from its
expanded Medicaid program over the past three months for not complying with a
new work requirement.
The state Department of Human Services said Thursday more than 3,800 people
lost their Medicaid coverage in October for not complying with the rule, which
requires them to work 80 hours a month. Beneficiaries lose coverage if they
don’t meet the requirement three months in a calendar year. Nearly 8,500 people
had lost coverage over the previous two months.
The department says another 6,000 people will lose coverage if they don’t meet
the work requirement by the end of this month.
Arkansas was the first state to enforce the requirement after the Trump
administration allowed states to tie Medicaid coverage to work.
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