The Trump administration will begin permitting states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. It is a major reversal of decades of policy. Three states at least actually made proposals and had them approved by the Trump administration. In Arkansas, about 17,000 people lost their health insurance benefits through Medicaid because they didn't meet the work requirement.
With the debt ceiling deadline approaching, Republicans want to expand rules that require welfare recipients to work. Vox’s Dylan Scott and Marketplace’s Krissy Clark explain.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices