There were 7,464 Arkansas residents that did not meet the state’s new Medicaid work requirements, the state’s insurance regulator said.
The residents did not satisfy the reporting requirements under the new work requirement program.
The release on Monday comes after a federal judge blocked Kentucky’s work requirement from going into effect a few weeks ago.
The state notified 27,140 Medicaid enrollees in May that they are subject to the new requirement to complete a certain number of hours working, taking classes or volunteering. “Most are already meeting the requirement through work, school, or other life situations that made them exempt from reporting,” the state said, noting that 15,511 are already meeting the requirement.
There were 7,464 people who didn’t satisfy the reporting requirement, 2,395 who reported an exemption since getting the notice, and 445 that satisfied the reporting requirement, the state said.
Arkansas and Kentucky are among four states that got work rules approved by the federal government. The other two are Indiana and New Hampshire.
