Medicaid

States are scrambling to get ready for new Medicaid work requirements. Politicians’ focus on requiring work has angered many people with disabilities who have Medicaid and say current policies that apply to them have the opposite effect — making them choose between working or receiving benefits.

House Republicans are hoping Vice President JD Vance’s personal appeal to Congress to help crack down on alleged abuse in safety-net programs will revive talks of tackling fraud before the end of the year. But many are skeptical any such bill will ultimately reach the president’s desk.

The Trump administration has decided that being homeless isn’t a medical condition and can’t count as an automatic out from having to meet new Medicaid work requirements.

The rise of AI in the healthcare industry has prompted worries about who’s overseeing these tools and whether people are being improperly denied treatments or cut off from care.

A federal judge has declined to stop the Trump administration from requiring that chronically ill Medicaid patients prove that they are physically unable to work in order to keep their insurance.

Democratic attorneys general and the Justice Department are facing off for the first time in court Tuesday over the fine line between being sick and being “medically frail,” a distinction that could cost Medicaid recipients their health benefits.

Some states are turning Medicaid on before some people leave jail or prison, with the goal of making sure they have a better chance of staying out of jail and staying alive. But just as 19 states race to build these programs, Medicaid itself is changing.

Final regulations issued in June say people can obtain an exemption if they’re “medically frail,” or too sick or disabled to work, which may require them to submit documentation from a medical professional.

The Trump administration’s crackdown on Medicaid fraud in Minnesota has upended finances and disrupted access to care.