Ohio Seeks To Impose New Medicaid Work Requirements, Tempting Lawsuits [View all]

Ohio Seeks To Impose New Medicaid Work Requirements, Tempting Lawsuits
By Alice Ollstein | May 1, 2018 8:31 am

On Monday night, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) officially submitted a request to the Department of Health and Human Services for permission to force the roughly 700,000 people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid expansion to prove they’re working at least 80 hours per month. If the waiver is approved, Ohioans unable to find work would have to get placed with an organization in their county and work without pay to earn the value of their health care benefits.

Ohio’s non-profit Center for Health Affairs estimates that 18,000 people could lose coverage due to the requirement, though advocacy groups say that number could be much higher if eligible people are deterred by the bureaucratic hoops they have to jump through to document their employment status or prove they’re exempt due to a disability.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ohio-seeks-to-impose-new-medicaid-work-requirements