Nebraska's First Work Requirement Data Show Coverage Losses
Nebraska, the first state to implement a Medicaid work reporting requirement, presented initial implementation data at a recent Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting. The data cover the first few months after the state began applying new work-reporting rules to new applicants, and show coverage losses attributed to administrative red tape rather than ineligibility. Beneficiaries affected include new Medicaid applicants subject to the reporting rules. The findings arrive as the work reporting requirement is set to become mandatory nationally, making Nebraska an early test case for how implementation affects enrollment.
State Medicaid agencies preparing to implement the federally mandated work reporting requirement can look to Nebraska's early data as a warning sign of procedural coverage losses they may need to mitigate.
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