Coverage Losses From Arkansas Work Requirements Now Up To 12,000

Another 3,815 Medicaid beneficiaries in Arkansas will be kicked off the program for failing to meet the state’s new work requirements, bringing the total to more than 12,000 people who have lost coverage since the work requirements kicked in this summer. The new disenrollment figures released by the state on Thursday (Nov. 15) come as Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation work requirements--and CMS’ approval of them--are facing mounting criticism. The congressional Medicaid advisers called on HHS Secretary Alex Azar a week ago to...