As of June 1, people covered by expanded Medicaid in New Hampshire will need to meet a Community Engagement Requirement, also known as the Medicaid Work Requirement, in order to continue to receive benefits.
Medicaid expansion came about as part of the Affordable Care Act to extend coverage to individuals with incomes up to 138 percent of poverty. It was intended to be nation-wide, but a 2012 Supreme Court ruling made Medicaid expansion optional for each state. Initially, the federal government paid 100 percent of the Medicaid expansion with that percentage dropping to 90 percent by 2020, requiring some state funding. In states that did not expand Medicaid, there is a coverage gap between traditional Medicaid and the health-care exchange, leaving many uninsured.
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