HealthQuiet 11d · day 14
Cancer survivor loses Medicaid disability coverage as states tighten work requirements
State governments are reassessing who qualifies for Medicaid disability exemptions under new work rules, leaving some patients without coverage.
What to know
- State Medicaid programs are implementing new work requirements while struggling to define which conditions qualify for disability exemptions.
- A cancer survivor's loss of disability coverage illustrates the real-world consequences of ambiguous eligibility criteria.
- Families face uncertainty about what illnesses protect health coverage under the new policies.
State governments Policymakers implementing Medicaid work requirements
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3 outlets first by KFF Health News, 11d ago · also NPR Health, NPR News · read ↗
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There really should be consequences for wrecking our country if we can ever take it back.
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