CMS is gathering feedback on Alabama's Medicaid work-requirement proposal, which is one of the most stringent that the agency has received and comes from a state with the lowest Medicaid eligibility ceiling in the country. The public comment period opened Friday (Sept. 21). Under the 1115 waiver request, Alabama Medicaid beneficiaries would have to work or participate in other qualifying activities for at least 35 hours a week -- unless they are the parents of children younger than six,...