Work Requirements Will Be Enforced for Medicaid Recipients in Ohio [View all]
Source: Governing
Ohioans who are covered by the expansion of Medicaid will soon have to get a job, go to school or get an exemption.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave Ohio approval Friday to impose work requirements for those covered by Medicaid expansion.
The health insurance program for low-income Ohioans is jointly funded by the state and federal government. The state lists about 540,000 covered through Medicaid expansion as of February.
"I am pleased that Ohio is a model state that balances a pathway to employment and access to health care in our reasonable work requirements. They are intended to put those able-bodied adults served by the Medicaid expansion on a pathway to full employment," Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement.
Read more: https://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/tns-medicaid-expansion-ohio-work-requirements.html
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