Medicaid Work Requirements Have Mostly Failed. The GOP Is Still Pushing Them.
Republicans are pushing to add Medicaid work requirements to the budget bill they are moving through Congress, saying the provisions are necessary to cut costs and get more low-income Americans back on the job.
State experiments with that approach show its limits.
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