{"id":31598,"date":"2026-07-06T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/new-medicaid-work-rule-means-more-opportunities-to-lose-coverage\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:11:27","slug":"new-medicaid-work-rule-means-more-opportunities-to-lose-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/new-medicaid-work-rule-means-more-opportunities-to-lose-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"is-variant-full wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player\" id=\"podcast-player-1\" data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/06\/070126MEDICAIDCHANGES-REMINGTON.wav\" data-play-label=\"Play\" data-pause-label=\"Pause\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-modal\" hidden=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-modal-content\">\n<p>\t\t<textarea class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-code\" readonly=\"readonly\" rows=\"3\">&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 type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-podcast-player__embed-copy-btn\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tCopy\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family\">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<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"847\" width=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?w=1270\" alt=\"A man with white hair stands behind a lectern with the seal of the President of the United States on it, and speaks into a microphone.\" class=\"wp-image-2256420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=1270,847 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=120,80 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=834,556 834w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2282903208_3840x2560web.jpg?resize=1668,1112 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. (Daniel Heuer\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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. But consumer advocates worry the new requirements will catch many recipients flat-footed.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whitehead joined WAMU\u2019s <em>Health Hub<\/em> on July 1 to explain who will be affected, who can get an exemption, and what enrollees can start doing now to prepare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/medicaid\/wamu-health-hub-audio-medicaid-work-rule-requirement-tips-coverage\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&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; Copy 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. 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