Elections Key To Future Of Medicaid Expansion, Work Requirements

Whether more states expand Medicaid or move towards block grants, and the fate of the Trump administration’s controversial work requirements policy, hinge largely on the November presidential election and several governors’ races, stakeholders say. Work requirements are also entangled in high-profile lawsuits. Stakeholders are also watching for new Medicaid policies to emerge from Capitol Hill and from the administration in 2020. On Capitol Hill, congressional leaders have shown interest in extending Medicaid to tackle maternal mortality rates. Medicaid extenders are...