Medicaid work requirement

State health officials unveiled the definition of medical frailty this week - the group will be exempt from work requirements set to begin next year. Some advocates worry it doesn’t automatically include people living with HIV

Medicaid work requirements are set to start next year. Advocates worry the increased eligibility checks could leave thousands of eligible people without coverage.

State officials want to see greater efforts to inform the public about looming changes to Medicaid. Some advocates warn 100’s of thousands of residents could lose coverage.

Seriously ill Hoosiers could have to prove they are unable to work under a new federal definition of work requirements put forward by the Trump Administration.

Federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements — meaning people would have to prove they work, volunteer or go to school in order to receive health insurance. Experts warn that many people who already work will fall through the cracks.

Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they've learned lessons to avoid mistakes this time.

A lawsuit prompted Indiana to suspend the work requirements in 2019. And now, after a new review by the Biden administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is revoking its approval.

The Biden administration appears to have begun the process of rolling back Medicaid work requirements. But some worry this may mean conservative states will reject Medicaid expansion altogether.

Like several other states, Indiana faced a court challenge to rules that could have eliminated health insurance for many low-income Hoosiers.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has temporarily suspended work requirements for people on the Healthy Indiana Plan.