Asa Hutchinson, center, talks Wednesday about the more than 4,300 residents who just lost Medicaid coverage because of the state's new work requirement. Trump administration officials and other Republicans contend work requirements foster individual responsibility that eventually can lift people out of poverty. Federal health-care officials have approved work requirements in three more states and have received proposals from 11 others. Work requirements are scheduled to begin in early January in Indiana and New Hampshire, the other states with federal permission. We have to make ends meet.”Read more:The nation’s first Medicaid work rules loom, and many fear losing health coverageTrump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term health plansTrump administration to give Kentucky Medicaid work requirement a second chance

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2018 21:23 UTC