Experts: CMS Can't Do Much More To Push Medicaid Work Requirements In Wake Of New EO

By James Romoser / April 11, 2018 at 8:31 PM
President Trump's executive order promoting work requirements in safety-net programs may not have much practical effect in Medicaid because CMS is already pursuing the policies envisioned by the order, health experts told Inside Health Policy . The executive order signed Tuesday (April 10) directs the heads of eight cabinet departments, including HHS, to evaluate all public-assistance programs and, within 90 days, to submit plans to the White House on how they could expand work requirements as a condition for people...


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