Trump administration expects several states to set Medicaid work requirements

Published December 4, 2017 5:35pm ET



The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday that she expects several states to implement plans that would require people who receive healthcare coverage through Medicaid to have to work.

“Once the first waivers are approved then we will see many [states] coming into line,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said, answering questions from reporters at an event held in Atlanta by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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