As New Medicaid Requirements Loom, One Ohio Recipient Warns the Complicated System Will Get Worse

Sick should work on farms to avoid losing Medicaid: Trump's agriculture secretary

Trump's agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, doubled down in a Fox Business interview on Tuesday on prior comments that people at risk of losing their health coverage due to new Medicaid restrictions should just go work on farms."You've suggested that Medicaid people, if they got a work requirement under the new rules, they should go work on farms," said Stuart Varney. "Are you sticking with that?""Here's the deal — when in America did we lose…

As new Medicaid requirements loom, one Ohio recipient warns the complicated system will get worse

Tarrezz Thompson, an Ohio mother and small business owner, struggles with complex Medicaid requirements and looming state and federal benefit cuts.

New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements Mean Less Leeway for States

When President Donald Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut lawmakers in at least 14 states who were designing their own plans, according to health industry observers. Georgia is the only state with a work requirement in place for Medicaid, but several states have been pursuing such a policy for years, only to be blocked by courts or, most recently, the Biden administration. Some seek stat…

New federal law brings major Medicaid changes: what does this mean for NKY?

What you need to know Congress passed legislation on July 4, nicknamed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes significant Medicaid changes. Medicaid is widely used in Kentucky, with 1.4 million enrollees statewide and 22% of residents in the Congressional district containing NKY relying on it. The law introduces new rules, including a six-month reapplication and work requirements, which will take effect starting in 2027. The U.S. Congress pas…

The Current State of Medicaid – And How Changes May Impact CDI – MedLearn Publishing

As many of you already know, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will introduce new restrictions that may decrease the volume of Medicaid patients. My focus today is how a perfect storm of legislative changes may negatively impact hospital finances at a time when operating margins remain tight, putting additional pressure on clinical documentation […]