The Republican Party may have been unsuccessful in their recent attempts at repealing Obamacare, but they've found another way to boot thousands off their health-insurance.
Seema Verma, a top Medicaid official and behind-the-scenes player in advancing the Republican health-insurance agenda. Earlier this month, she announced that the federal government would allow states to suspend Medicaid benefits to able-boded adults that are unemployed.
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services estimated that 20,000 unemployed Mainers will have to either find work or be denied Medicaid coverage because of new eligibility requirements proposed by Gov. LePage and recently enabled by the Trump administration. The work requirements would put 6.3 million people at risk of losing health care nationwide.
Seema Verma, a top Medicaid official and behind-the-scenes player in advancing the Republican health-insurance agenda. Earlier this month, she announced that the federal government would allow states to suspend Medicaid benefits to able-boded adults that are unemployed.
Although unsuccessful in recent attempts to repeal the Obama-era expansion of Medicaid, the GOP considers the new work requirements as a strategy to free up funding and dramatically reshape the 50-year old program.
The Republican Party may have been unsuccessful in their recent attempts at repealing Obamacare, but they've found another way to boot thousands off their health-insurance.
