Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has proposed a Medicaid waiver that would require adult beneficiaries without dependent children to work or volunteer at least 20 hours a week to receive their benefits. Although the federal government has consistently rejected such proposals, the governor claims that language on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) website supports his proposal. That’s not true.
Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Utah proposed work requirements for adults who gained coverage through health reform’s Medicaid expansion. CMS rejected all these proposals, most recently in a letter that Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell sent to Arkansas’ governor.
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