Work Requirements

Possible Work Requirement For Alabama’s Medicaid Recipients

There could be big changes ahead for Alabama’s Medicaid recipients. There’s a new proposal to require parents or care taker relatives to get a job or participate in “work- like activities” to continue receiving medicaid benefits. The proposal has already received backlash from several that attended a public hearing Monday morning, who say the work requirement would do more harm…

Alabama Seeks Work Requirement on Some Medicaid Recipients

Alabama is seeking to put a work requirement on a small number of Medicaid recipients. Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said Thursday that the state will seek permission from the federal government to make the change to its Medicaid program. The proposal only impacts able-bodied parents of children under 19 who qualify for Medicaid because their family income is at or…