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More than 4,500 lost Medicaid coverage due to Arkansas work rules: Report

By Robert King
Published September 6, 2018 5:10pm ET
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More than 4,500 lost Medicaid coverage due to Arkansas work rules: Report
Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a news conference Monday, March 5, 2018, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., with Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma on Monday approved a state plan to require that thousands of people on its Medicaid expansion seek ways to work or volunteer. Traditional Medicaid recipients are not affected. Arkansas is the third state to win permission, following Kentucky and Indiana. | (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

Arkansas stripped Medicaid coverage for more than 4,500 state residents because they failed to meet new work requirements, according to a new report.

The state’s program is being heavily scrutinized as the Trump administration has encouraged states to add work requirements to their Medicaid program.

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