Idaho Considers Adding Work Requirements To Medicaid Expansion Plan

The Idaho legislature is mulling proposals to add work requirements and other restrictions to the state’s Medicaid expansion plan that was approved by voters in November and has yet to take effect. The latest proposal -- which is scheduled to get a hearing before a key legislative committee Wednesday (March 20) -- would require Medicaid beneficiaries in the expansion population to work for 80 hours a month as a condition of maintaining coverage. It also would seek permission from CMS...