On May 14, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced its portion of a budget reconciliation bill to meet spending targets included in the budget resolution passed by Congress. As anticipated, Medicaid work requirement provisions are included and preliminary estimates released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that this provision would reduce federal spending by $301 billion over ten years, nearly half of all estimated Medicaid savings in the bill. The provisions raise many operational and implementation questions, particularly considering the experience of Arkansas and Georgia with implementing work requirements through waivers.
Implementing Work Requirements on a National Scale: What We Know from State Waiver Experience
