Missouri among three states declining hardship exceptions to Medicaid work requirements

Missouri among 3 states declining hardship exceptions to Medicaid work requirements

While the Missouri Department of Social Services initially signaled it would adopt optional hardship exceptions for hospitalizations, medical travel and residence in disaster areas, it indicated last month that it believes it can accommodate many people in those categories through other provisions in federal law (Thomas Barwick/Getty Images).After a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant closed in Nebraska in January, eliminating about 3,000 jobs, the st…

Missouri among three states declining hardship exceptions to Medicaid work requirements

After a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant closed in Nebraska in January, eliminating about 3,000 jobs, the state secured a temporary reprieve from new Medicaid work requirements for residents of the surrounding county. Nebraska began enforcing work requirements in May, requiring…