Gov. Sanders initiates new attempt at work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (Jan. 28) pitched the new Trump administration for a waiver to Arkansas’ Medicaid insurance program that will add a work requirement for able-bodied individuals.

The governor previously indicated she planned to make the waiver request, Arkansas’ second effort at adding a work requirement for a portion of its Medicaid population. Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson petitioned for the change, but it was blocked in a subsequent federal court ruling and later rejected by the Biden administration.

“President Trump declared it in his inaugural address: a new American golden age has begun. But our country cannot unleash unprecedented prosperity if able-bodied, childless adults sit on the sidelines. And we won’t slash our deficit if our welfare programs pay people to stay on the sidelines,” Sanders said in a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary-Designate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Gov. Sanders initiates new attempt at work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients