CMS warns non-expansion states to rethink Medicaid work rules

Modern Healthcare: The CMS worries that some will lose coverage if it approves work requirements in states that haven't yet expanded Medicaid.

The agency has already approved work requirement waivers in Arkansas, Indiana and Kentucky—all of which expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The non-expansion states of Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Utah and Wisconsin are also asking to require Medicaid enrollees to be either working or looking for a job. Tennessee and Virginia are also reportedly planning to submit such requests.

During a news briefing Tuesday, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said she is worried about a "subsidy cliff."

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