Medicaid Work Requirements: Mitigating Harm through Implementation

Executive Summary

This piece provides an overview of the structure of the new Medicaid work requirement and recommends how states can choose policies that lessen the negative effects of this new requirement. Recommendations include reducing administrative burden for states and individuals through streamlined compliance procedures, ensuring that health and functional status definitions capture the full range of people who should qualify for exemptions, and expanding state’s ability to verify compliance through available data sources.