{"id":14334,"date":"2026-07-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:00:00","slug":"new-medicaid-work-rule-means-more-opportunities-to-lose-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=14334","title":{"rendered":"New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__play-btn js-only\">\n<p>\t\t<\/p><\/button>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span>0:00<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<span>0:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__action-btn wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__menu-btn\"><\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tProduced in partnership with:\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__footer-btn wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-btn js-only\"><\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tEmbed\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/070126MEDICAIDCHANGES-REMINGTON.wav\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__footer-btn wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__download-btn\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tDownload\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<label for=\"volume-podcast-player-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tVolume\t\t<\/label>\n<p>\t\t<span><br \/>\n\t\t\tSpeed\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__speed-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t0.5x<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__speed-btn is-active\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t1x<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__speed-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t1.25x<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__speed-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t1.5x<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__speed-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t2x<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<span>Embed this player<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-modal-close\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\u00d7<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n<p>\t\t<textarea class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-code\">&lt;iframe src=&#8221;https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/medicaid\/wamu-health-hub-audio-medicaid-work-rule-requirement-tips-coverage\/embed\/&#8221; width=&#8221;600&#8243; height=&#8221;200&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; scrolling=&#8221;no&#8221; title=&#8221;New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;<\/textarea><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-copy-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tCopy\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Too sick to work? You may have to prove it. Next year, Medicaid recipients will have to start showing documentation such as a doctor\u2019s note to avoid a new work requirement. KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whitehead broke down the rule and exceptions on WAMU\u2019s <em>Health Hub<\/em> on July 1<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. (Daniel Heuer\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Study, work, or volunteer: That\u2019s what many people will have to do to <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/medicaid\/medicaid-work-requirements-final-rules-exemptions-trump-cms\/\">keep their Medicaid<\/a> starting next year, according to new rules issued by the Trump administration. 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