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Trump:
"I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state
there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid," Trump tweeted on May 7, 2015, a little
more than a month before he entered the race.
-- 2017 --
January 7: Montana may be a model for the Medicaid work
requirement
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/07/news/economy/montana-medicaid-work/?iid=EL
January 26: Donald Trump Wants to Radically
Change Medicaid. Here's What the Program Actually Does.
http://time.com/money/4649499/donald-trump-wants-to-cut-medicaid-heres-what-the-program-actually-does/
March 9: “Three-quarters of all public dollars for family planning come
from Medicaid,” ... “Half of all births in this country are covered by Medicaid,
including two-thirds of all unplanned births. So you start making major changes
to Medicaid, the way [Trump is] planning to do, and the implications for
reproductive health are extreme.”
http://allaboveall.org/announcement/good-luck-women-under-the-gop-health-care-bill-itll-be-tougher-to-have-a-baby-and-tougher-not-to/
March 10: Republican congressional leaders rejected Friday
any hint from the White House that they should disrupt their carefully crafted
bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/obamacare-repeal-house-leadership-medicaid/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
March 15:
Trump administration open to making some Medicaid
recipients work, pay premiums
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/15/news/economy/medicaid-premiums-work-trump/index.html
May 22:
Trump’s Budget Cuts Deeply Into Medicaid and Anti-Poverty Efforts
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts.html
June 23: 5 times Trump tweeted that he would
never cut Medicaid
He’s cutting Medicaid. A lot.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/23/15862312/trump-medicaid-promise
-- 2018 --
February 16:
Trump’s Historic Medicaid Shift
Goes Beyond Work Requirements
Requiring able-bodied adults to work for their Medicaid is just part of the
Trump administration’s drive to remake the decades-old health insurance program
for the poor.
The administration signaled late last year that it welcomes state-based ideas to
retool Medicaid and “help individuals live up to their highest potential.” At
least 10 states have requested waivers that would allow them to impose work
requirements and other obligations.
For example: They would require more recipients to contribute small monthly
premiums. They would insist on monthly paperwork. They would impose lifetime
limits on coverage. And they would kick recipients off Medicaid for a period of
time — 30 days, or perhaps six months — for failing to follow the rules.
All the states requesting Medicaid work requirements are led by Republican
governors who tout the “it’s a trampoline, not a hammock” approach to the social
services safety net.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/02/16/trumps-historic-medicaid-shift-goes-beyond-work-requirements
March 5:
Trump’s hidden war on Medicaid
Work requirements, time limits, and drug testing could significantly shrink
America’s largest health insurer.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/5/17040424/trump-medicaid-cuts-explained
March 23:
A Look At Trump's Medicaid Plan -
Work Requirements and Cuts
https://www.firstquotehealth.com/health-insurance-news/tump-medicaid-work-requirements
April 6: 1115 Medicaid Waivers: From Care
Delivery Innovations to Work Requirements
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2018/apr/1115-medicaid-waivers-care-delivery-innovations-work-requirements?redirect_source=/publications/explainers/2018/apr/1115-medicaid-waivers
April 11:
Working people could still lose
health coverage under Medicaid work requirements
New report shows irregular hours could lead working people to lose their
Medicaid.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/11/17219196/medicaid-cuts-work-requirement-states-cbpp
April 12:
Trump Doubles Down on Medicaid
Work Requirements
President Donald Trump looked to strengthen his administration’s plans to add
work requirements to welfare programs, including Medicaid, in an executive order
signed April 10.
The order directs the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies
to give more flexibility to states to install work requirements in their public
assistance programs, strengthen existing work requirements, and review their
existing guidance and regulations to ensure they’re pushing people on these
programs into employment programs.
https://biglawbusiness.com/trump-doubles-down-on-medicaid-work-requirements/
April 15:
New Medicaid Requirements Signals
Trump Crackdown On Public Assistance Programs
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/15/602665997/new-medicaid-requirements-signals-trump-crackdown-on-public-assistance-programs
April 22:
Tribes say they should be exempt from Medicaid work requirements.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/22/trump-native-americans-historical-standing-492794
April 25:
Medicaid Work Requirements:
Trump’s War on the Poor Expands, One State at a Time
https://truthout.org/articles/medicaid-work-requirements-trumps-war-on-the-poor-expands-one-state-at-a-time/
May 8:
Trump officials say no to lifetime
limits on Medicaid
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rejected a proposal from
Kansas to place a three-year lifetime cap on some adult Medicaid enrollees.
Since Medicaid began in 1965, no state has restricted how long beneficiaries
could remain in the entitlement program.
"We seek to create a pathway out of poverty, but we also understand that
people's circumstances change, and we must ensure that our programs are
sustainable and available to them when they need and qualify for them," CMS
Administrator Seema Verma said Monday at an American Hospital Association
meeting in Washington, D.C.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/08/news/economy/lifetime-limits-medicaid/index.html
May 9: Work Requirements for Medicaid Are
Now OK in Four States
The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to the state this
week granting its approval of the state’s proposal to require most working-age,
able-bodied adults to work, go to school, get job training or participate in
community service for 100 hours a month in order to continue receiving health
insurance under the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
Arkansas, Indiana and Kentucky also have received
approval to move forward with work requirements under the program, according
to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Waivers are pending in
Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah and Wisconsin.
Most are states with Republican legislatures and governors.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/05/09/work-requirements-for-medicaid-are-now-ok-in-four-states
May 9:
Millions of low-income adults with
disabilities and serious illnesses get health coverage through Medicaid. Many
qualify because they receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), but millions more are covered under the
Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion and longstanding coverage for
low-income parents.
... since nearly
three-fifths of all non-elderly adult Medicaid enrollees with disabilities —
or almost 5 million people — do not receive SSI or SSDI, work
requirements will still have severe — and likely disproportionate — impacts on
people with disabilities.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/harm-to-people-with-disabilities-and-serious-illnesses-from-taking-away-medicaid-for
May 14:
Trump administration won't grant
exemptions to Native Americans for Medicaid work requirements
Medicaid is an important source of coverage for American Indians and Alaska
Natives (AI/ANs), a
population that faces high unemployment and persistent health disparities,
including a high uninsured rate, barriers to care, and significant physical and
mental health needs. Medicaid plays a key role in addressing these challenges,
especially in states with large AI/AN populations that have expanded Medicaid
under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...
Their high unemployment rates would put AI/ANs in states with approved or
pending work requirements at particular risk of losing coverage, while their
high rates of serious health needs would mean that these coverage losses would
likely have especially harmful health impacts. As a bipartisan group of senators
recently noted, imposing work requirements in Medicaid could have
“potentially devastating impacts … on AI/AN health access.”
https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/05/14/trump-administration-wont-grant-exemptions-to-native-americans-for-medcaid-work-requirements
June 12: Implications of Work Requirements
in Medicaid: What Does the Data Say?
Paid work can help provide family
resources, but low-wage and part-time work may not be sufficient to overcome
poverty. Most working Medicaid enrollees are working full-time for the full year
and are working in low-wage service jobs with limited benefits such as sick time
or health coverage. Most Medicaid workers (78%) are paid hourly, and 36% of
these hourly workers earn a wage at or below $10/hour. Even when working, adults
with Medicaid face high rates of financial insecurity. In non-expansion states
with low eligibility levels for adults, working part time at minimum wage would
lead to loss of Medicaid without access to coverage through the ACA
marketplaces.
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/implications-of-work-requirements-in-medicaid-what-does-the-data-say/
June 29:
The Fight Over Medicaid Begins in
Kentucky
A federal court’s decision to vacate newly-implemented restrictions on the state
program challenges the GOP strategy across the country.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/judge-halts-kentuckys-medicaid-work-requirements/564218/
July 1:
Trump's Medicaid Work Rules Were
Adding To Costs Even Before A Judge Blocked Them
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/07/01/trumps-medicaid-work-rules-were-adding-to-costs-even-before-a-judge-blocked-them/#3b11c1663e04
July 10: As Arkansas ushers in new Trump-era
Medicaid rules, thousands fear losing benefits
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/as-arkansas-ushers-in-new-trump-era-medicaid-rules-thousands-fear-los.html
July 30:
Trump Spurns Medicaid Proposal After Furious White House Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/us/politics/trump-medicaid-partial-expansion.html
August 16: Trump
readies new round of controversial Medicaid changes
The changes, involving work requirements and questions about drug use, could
push tens of thousands of people off coverage.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/16/medicaid-changes-trump-work-drug-use-741890
September 10: More Signs Trump's Medicaid
Work Rules Add To Health Costs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/09/10/more-signs-trumps-medicaid-work-rules-add-to-costs-and-bureaucracy/#18546c4c2686
September 12: Arkansas to Drop Almost 4,400
From Medicaid Over Trump’s Work Requirement
It’s the first time the federal government has allowed a work requirement in the
program since it was created in 1965, and part of a broader effort by the
administration to put new conditions on people who use government assistance
programs.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-12/trump-s-medicaid-work-rules-cause-first-terminations-in-arkansas
September 13: Medicaid rolls set to be
slashed under Trump-approved work rules
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/406624-medicaid-rolls-set-to-be-slashed-under-trump-approved-work-rules
September 27: Trump administration to
approve state requests for Medicaid work requirements
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-administration-to-approve-state-requests-for-medicaid-work-requirements
October 6: Trump’s Horrifying Medicaid Pick
Was Hired to Dismantle the Program
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-horrifying-medicaid-pick-was-hired-to-dismantle-the-program/
October 31: Trump administration allows
Wisconsin to question Medicaid applicants about risky behavior
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-allows-wisconsin-to-question-medicaid-applicants-about-risky-behavior/2018/10/31/8bc2663e-dd36-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.95047cc91e12
November 26: Trump storms ahead with
Medicaid work rules, even though they’re disastrous for enrollees
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-medicaid-work-20181126-story.html
December 7: Medicaid Waiver Tracker:
Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-waiver-tracker-approved-and-pending-section-1115-waivers-by-state/
December 12:
Arkansas officials will
start letting people on Medicaid report their work requirements by phone, saying
they wanted to see more people participate in the program.
Previously the department of human services allowed people only to log their
hours online, a provision that critics said was a barrier to people who didn't
have Internet access. The program, which adds work requirements to Medicaid in
Arkansas, kicked off six months ago, and since then more than 12,000 people in
the state are no longer enrolled in Medicaid.
“We are six months into this new Medicaid demonstration program, but wanted take
the time now to access what areas we need to shore up or improve,”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/arkansas-alters-medicaid-work-requirement-after-more-than-12-000-drop-out
December 13: The Health-Care Deadline Is
This Saturday. Here's What's New This Time Around.
Open enrollment for ACA plans and some state Medicaid programs ends December
15th.
https://psmag.com/news/the-health-care-deadline-is-this-saturday-heres-whats-new-this-time-around
-- 2019 --
-- 2020 --
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