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| ('huffpost.com/entry/activists-barnstorm-red-states-for-medicaid-expansion_n_5a6b95fae4b01fbbefb1bca7', 6)                               | These campaigns to expand health coverage using funding the Affordable Care Act provides come at a time when President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress are busy rolling back other parts of the 2010 law and implementing >>>changes to Medicaid policy<<< that make it harder for low-income people to get and keep health benefits .                                                                                            |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/idaho-montana-nebraska-utah-medicaid-expansion-ballot-measures_n_5bcf9f7ee4b0d38b587d8036', 3)                      | Residents of these four states have an opportunity to send a signal to Republican officeholders that voters want more health care for their neighbors , at a time when the Trump administration and GOP state officials are hard at work scaling back the reach of the Affordable Care Act and making Medicaid benefits >>>harder to get and keep<<< .                                                                                  |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/medicaid-changes-opioid_n_5a57e4e5e4b0720dc4c592ee', 1)                                                             | The Trump administration opened the doors Thursday for states to >>>set work requirements<<< for people who get Medicaid , a move that is likely to be a catastrophe for some of the most vulnerable Americans , particularly those struggling with opioid addiction .                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/medicaid-michigan-whitmer-verma-gop_n_5c5dcaffe4b0910c63f035db', 0)                                                 | Between 61,000 and 183,000 low-income residents of Michigan are likely to lose government-provided health insurance next year , thanks to >>>new Medicaid rules<<< the state Republican legislature passed last summer and that the newly elected Democratic governor now wants those lawmakers to amend .                                                                                                                              |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/medicaid-michigan-whitmer-verma-gop_n_5c5dcaffe4b0910c63f035db', 5)                                                 | And in Arkansas , which >>>imposed<<< work requirements last year , more than 18,000 people lost their coverage for failing to comply .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/michigan-medicaid_n_5af49fa3e4b032b10bf8c60c', 39)                                                                  | Earlier this year , the >>>Trump administration invited states<<< to draw up work requirement schemes , which would likely shrink program enrollment if they win approval from the administration .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/nebraska-medicaid-ballot-initiative_n_5b3e1abfe4b05127ccefa087', 6)                                                 | The White House has proposed massive cuts to the program and the Trump administration invited states to seek federal approval for >>>new restrictions on Medicaid access<<< , including work requirements for some enrollees .                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/no-gop-obamacare-replacement_n_5c9bcff1e4b07c88662fd2d3', 49)                                                       | The Trump administration has pushed states to seek new limitations on coverage of low-income adults on Medicaid , >>>including work requirements<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/obamacare-turns-nine-gop-repeal_n_5c9532abe4b01ebeef0f0d60', 46)                                                    | Since that did n't work , Republicans are now focusing on a narrower but still important change : requiring people who enroll through the expansion to >>>demonstrate that they are working<<< , that they are looking for work or that have a good reason why they are not .                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/opioid-medicaid-obamacare-trump-michigan_n_5d797b49e4b0a938a42da4f4', 53)                                           | That campaign includes the introduction of >>>" work requirements "<<< that reduce enrollment largely by making it more complicated to establish eligibility for the program .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/protest-safety-net-west-virginia-gop-retreat_n_5a7232eee4b09a544b562b34', 20)                                       | Liberal policy experts see the restrictions as a >>>punitive policy<<< that is likely to cause vulnerable people needless suffering by depriving them of essential health care .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/trump-health-care-plan_n_5f6ce7afc5b674713cc952fc', 18)                                                             | After that failed , he gave up even trying to legislate on health care , and instead , his administration turned its focus to sabotaging the ACA 's health insurance marketplaces , imposing >>>onerous new requirements<<< on Medicaid beneficiaries , promoting the sale of junk health insurance policies that , unlike ACA plans , do exclude people with preexisting conditions , and getting the courts to kill the ACA for him . |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/trump-kentucky-medicaid-work-requirement_n_5a591c2ee4b03c4189658d23', 32)                                           | Friday 's approval of Kentucky 's new plan came one day after the Trump administration >>>announced<<< it would approve work requirements .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/trumps-executive-order-on-welfare-doesnt-do-anything-at-least-not-yet_n_5ace3446e4b0701783aa7b31', 9)               | The Department of Health and Human Services said this year it will >>>allow states to impose " work requirements " on Medicaid recipients<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/virginia-is-on-the-verge-of-expanding-health-coverage-to-400000-but-theres-a-catch_n_5ae0f225e4b055fd7fc79c7d', 2)  | Any Medicaid expansion bill that makes it out of the General Assembly will carry with it >>>new work requirements for Medicaid enrollees<<< , a priority for the GOP at large and for President Donald Trump 's administration .                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/virginia-is-on-the-verge-of-expanding-health-coverage-to-400000-but-theres-a-catch_n_5ae0f225e4b055fd7fc79c7d', 4)  | Accepting a work-requirements policy that would >>>create bureaucratic obstacles<<< to eligible Virginians appears to be the compromise needed to win the bigger fight .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/virginia-is-on-the-verge-of-expanding-health-coverage-to-400000-but-theres-a-catch_n_5ae0f225e4b055fd7fc79c7d', 67) | The Trump administration >>>opened the door<<< to including a work requirement in January when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified states it would consider approving such policies .                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/virginia-is-on-the-verge-of-expanding-health-coverage-to-400000-but-theres-a-catch_n_5ae0f225e4b055fd7fc79c7d', 76) | The policy also >>>unjustly tars low-income people<<< as " slackers " who refuse to help themselves , said Kay Crane , CEO of Danville-based Piedmont Access to Health Services , which operates community health centers in Southside Virginia , near the North Carolina border .                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/virginia-senate-medicaid-expansion-promising-health-coverage-to-almost-400000_n_5b0d94dde4b0802d69cef7ce', 25)      | The Medicaid expansion legislation also >>>imposes work requirements<<< on some enrollees , which is likely to result in fewer people gaining and keeping Medicaid benefits .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/work-requirements-medicaid-kentucky_n_5b362cf8e4b0f3c221a00b6a', 24)                                                | That began to shift in January when President Donald Trump 's administration invited states to apply for federal approval to make >>>unprecedented changes to the program<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('huffpost.com/entry/work-requirements-medicaid-kentucky_n_5b362cf8e4b0f3c221a00b6a', 41)                                                | This >>>bureaucratic hurdle<<< would create significant new costs for states and serious burdens for the low-income people who use Medicaid , who would be at risk of losing coverage if they failed to report their work hours to the states .                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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