Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance through their jobs. Read more in an explainer here.

Medicaid Work Requirements

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How Medical Frailty Exemption Policies Can Offer a Lifeline to People with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses When Medicaid Work Requirements Are Implemented

Blog / Dec 18, 2025

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Improving Health Care Quality

How Will States Implement the Behavioral Health Exemption to Medicaid Work Requirements?

Blog / Nov 21, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

States Are Planning Their Responses to H.R. 1 Cuts in Medicaid Funding — Will Enrollees Lose Benefits?

Blog / Oct 14, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Work Requirements for Medicaid Enrollees

Explainer / Sep 30, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How Medicaid and SNAP Cutbacks in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Would Trigger Big and Bigger Job Losses Across States

Issue Briefs / Jun 23, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Nearly 5.6 Million Community Health Center Patients Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Under New Work Requirements, with Revenue Losses Up to $32 Billion

Blog / May 30, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

More Than 100,000 Michigan Residents Nearly Lost Medicaid Coverage Under Work Requirements

Blog / May 12, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How Does Medicaid Benefit States?

Explainer / May 05, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How National Medicaid Work Requirements Would Lead to Large-Scale Job Losses, Harm State Economies, and Strain Budgets

Issue Briefs / May 01, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

How Potential Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Could Trigger the Loss of a Million-Plus Jobs, Reduced Economic Activity, and Less State Revenue

Issue Briefs / Mar 25, 2025

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Work Requirements for Medicaid Enrollees

Explainer / Jan 14, 2025

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Improving Health Care Quality

What’s at Stake in the 2024 Election for Medicaid

Explainer / Sep 12, 2024

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