Major shift as Trump opens way for Medicaid work requirement

[TalkRadio]

In a major policy shift that could affect millions of low-income people, the Trump administration said Thursday it is offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements on Medicaid recipients.

"Medicaid needs to be more flexible so that states can best address the needs of this population," Verma said in a statement. "Our fundamental goal is to make a positive and lasting difference in the health and wellness of our beneficiaries." For close to a year, the administration has signaled an interest in helping states that want to institute work requirements.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-medicaid-work-requirement-20180111-story.html

 

[Rightguide]

The left is standing in the streets pissing their pant at the thought.

 

[WoundedKnee]

Get your cold, dead white hands off of my disability benefits.

 

[TalkRadio]

Kentucky becomes first U.S. state to implement Medicaid work requirements

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kentucky on Friday became the first U.S. state to receive approval from the federal government to implement work requirements in Medicaid, a fundamental change to the 50-year-old government health insurance program for the poor.

The approval came one day after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued policy guidance allowing states to design and propose test programs that require work or jobs training as a condition of receiving Medicaid, which has never had such conditions attached.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ment-medicaid-work-requirements-idUSKBN1F128R

 

[chillywilly2]

The left is standing in the streets pissing their pant at the thought.

Sounds to me like you are bringing back slavery.
will this apply to seniors and children

 

[Hypoxia]

Get your cold, dead white hands off of my disability benefits.

Cancel your insurance. Brew your own meth. Have fun.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Great. Get those lazy white trash Red State leeches off their asses for a change. Those pricks have had a free ride for too long.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ment-medicaid-work-requirements-idUSKBN1F128R

Facts and status on Kentucky:

750K Medicare reipients
92% recipients are White

Get a JOB you opiod addicted dipshits!

 

[TalkRadio]

No work, no Medicaid? Illinois reviews new federal guidelines

Illinois is reviewing new guidance from the Trump administration that opens the door for states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, but there is no indication yet that it will follow the lead of neighboring states that are pursuing plans to tighten their rules.

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office and the state’s Department of Healthcare and Family Services said the new policy and its implications are “under review,” but the Republican administration has not signaled whether it supports Medicaid work requirements. Local patient advocates said they hope Illinois does not join the 10 states that already have submitted proposals to make having a job a condition of Medicaid eligibility, for fear it would leave tens of thousands of people without health insurance.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...ts-illinois-indiana-wisconsin-0112-story.html

 

[TalkRadio]

Gov. John Bel Edwards wants 'reasonable' work requirement for Medicaid recipients

Louisiana is developing a proposal to impose work requirements on certain adult Medicaid recipients, as the Trump administration announced Thursday (Jan. 11) it will allow states to enact such provisions.

Gov. John Bel Edwards said his administration is "actively working" on the concept, which would require federal approval. The Democratic governor talked of the proposal broadly in a speech Monday as part of a list of legislative agenda items, and he repeated his intention in a statement Thursday.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/gov_john_bel_edwards_wants_rea.html

 

[AnAmericanDarling]

This idea is completely pointless. Even if they plant such an idea (which they won't), it won't make any common sense because Medicaid is funded by the government: What are these people expected to do under the new rule if it is made law? Pay the government back with their wages? It doesn't work like that since Medicaid comes from taxpayers, not the person themselves.

 

[AnAmericanDarling]

Great. Get those lazy white trash Red State leeches off their asses for a change. Those pricks have had a free ride for too long.

You really need anger management. Here. Listen to one of those relaxation tapes.

 

[TalkRadio]

Work requirements may be just the beginning of Medicaid changes under Trump

After months of speculation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) opened the door on Thursday for states to require some low-income people to work in order to qualify for government-sponsored health insurance.

But work requirements aren't the only idea that states have for health care, and it remains to be seen just how much flexibility CMS will give.

Most of the states' waivers requesting work requirements also include other unprecedented proposals like drug testing requirements and limits on how long someone can have Medicaid coverage.

http://www.governing.com/topics/hea...edicaid-work-trump-drug-testing-kentucky.html

 

[TalkRadio]

Great. Get those lazy white trash Red State leeches off their asses for a change. Those pricks have had a free ride for too long.

Imagine their surprise when presented with a bill...

Although it may be your most valuable asset, owning a home will not disqualify you from receiving Medicaid. You do not have to sell it to pay for medical care prior to receiving Medicaid. However, every state has an "estate recovery" program in which, following death, the value of your home may be used to reimburse the state for the Medicaid funds it provided.

https://www.familyassets.com/resources/protect-the-home

 

[Hypoxia]

Let's see, you're too sick to work, but to get medical care, you need a job, but there are no jobs in your area, so you're fucked, right? And then they take your house. Nice.

Some history: Count Otto von Bismarck started the world's first national healthcare / social security system not for love of skanky proles but because 1) a healthy population works harder and pays more taxes, 2) socialists don't have an issue to exploit, and 3) the masses are less likely to arise and slaughter the aristos. Gups haven't figured this out. Duh.

 

[TalkRadio]

Trump approves Indiana Medicaid work requirements

The Trump administration approved a request by Indiana to require certain Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer at least 20 hours a week in order to qualify for benefits, state and federal officials announced Friday.

In a speech Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Indiana’s program "recognizes that Medicaid can become a pathway out of poverty."

The work requirement will be phased in over the course of the demonstration, state officials said. In order to meet the requirements, individuals will need to work up to 20 hours a week, be enrolled in school or be in the state’s job training program.

If they can’t comply with the work requirements, individuals will be suspended from the program until they can meet the requirements for a full month.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/372062-trump-approves-indiana-medicaid-work-requirements

 

[Hypoxia]

Tromp takes the Alexandrian approach to the Gordian knot of healthcare reform. Slice through the knotty problem with a mighty sword! Alas, that's a bit hard on the rope (people, in this metaphor).

Tromp now owns all of USA healthcare and its results. His fuckups here will be a mighty gift for the Dums... who will also fuck up their good fortune.

 

[TalkRadio]

Ten states have requested or plan to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients, and a new report has shed some light on what kind of human and financial impact those requirements could have.

The Trump administration has been supportive of states that want to enact requirements to mandate that able-bodied Medicaid recipients work or perform other community engagement tasks to continue receiving benefits.

A study by the Health Research Institute shows that, if work requirements are approved in all 10 states that have requested them, about 1.7 million Medicaid beneficiaries could be impacted.

That population represents nearly $8 billion in annual medical expenditures, according to the report.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/...uld-be-impacted-by-medicaid-work-requirements

 

[RocketLauncher]

The simple solution is universal health care. Housing the homeless is a great way to save money, too.

 

[cowslinger64]

Get your cold, dead white hands off of my disability benefits.

Get to work slackerass!

I'm tired of my tax dollars supporting lazy fucks like you, botanydummy and Ish.l...et al.

 

[Hypoxia]

The simple solution is universal health care. Housing the homeless is a great way to save money, too.

Basic single-payer health insurance with private supplements, like a universal Medicare, paying for treatment in public and private providers. Like now, but without insurers sucking-up 1/6 of healthcare bucks to feed shareholders and execs. And without a private AMA price-fixing committee.

Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing.Net had a recent brief piece about building housing for the homeless on civic properties. 'Homeless' is too complex for me to address here now. Time for another thread.

 

[BotanyBoy]

The simple solution is universal health care. Housing the homeless is a great way to save money, too.

Neither of those things is a way to save money.

They are both expenditures.

Ones that will surely be inflated to truly astro-fuckin'-nomical proportions if the US government has anything to do with them.

Get to work slackerass!

I'm tired of my tax dollars supporting lazy fucks like you, botanydummy and Ish.l...et al.

Your tax dollars don't support me, wage slave.

You and SlobDownSouth just can't help but come up with lies upon lies can you??

Fucking pathetic...back to work slave boy.

 

[RocketLauncher]

Basic single-payer health insurance with private supplements, like a universal Medicare, paying for treatment in public and private providers. Like now, but without insurers sucking-up 1/6 of healthcare bucks to feed shareholders and execs. And without a private AMA price-fixing committee.

Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing.Net had a recent brief piece about building housing for the homeless on civic properties. 'Homeless' is too complex for me to address here now. Time for another thread.

It works here. Everyone gets it, rich or poor, no one complains.
I agree that the insurance companies have a stranglehold on your health system, and there's no way they're going to let go. Insurance is big money.

Neither of those things is a way to save money.

They are both expenditures.

Ones that will surely be inflated to truly astro-fuckin'-nomical proportions if the US government has anything to do with them.

Noone here bitches about health care except for a two tiered system Harper tried to institute.
Medicine Hat, Alberta has solved the homeless crisis, and it saves tax payers money.

Medicine Hat maintaining homeless-free status 2 years on
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/medicine-hat-homeless-free-update-1.3949030
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[BotanyBoy]

I agree that the insurance companies have a stranglehold on your health system, and there's no way they're going to let go. Insurance is big money.

It's REALLY big money when government holds a gun to everyone's head and forces them to pay the insurance cartel several times what they are worth.

I wish I could get the government to force everyone in the country to buy my imaginary products.

LOL no they aren't going to let go....(R)'s and (D)'s both are very happy to make sure Obamacare keeps fucking every man woman and child in this country for as much as they possibly can get away with.

It's progress!!!

Noone here bitches about health care except for a two tiered system Harper tried to institute.

I didn't say people would bitch, I said it would be an expenditure, not a saving.

Though being the USA and large numbers of people wanting to preserve as much economic freedom as possible will oppose such government oppression.

Medicine Hat, Alberta has solved the homeless crisis, and it saves tax payers money.

Medicine Hat maintaining homeless-free status 2 years on
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/medicine-hat-homeless-free-update-1.3949030
Shared via the CBC News Android App

Well if you're getting fucked for it in the first place I suppose it's "saving" .....in a bizzare way.

 

[RocketLauncher]

I didn't say people would bitch, I said it would be an expenditure, not a saving.

Though being the USA and large numbers of people wanting to preserve as much economic freedom as possible will oppose such government oppression.



Well if you're getting fucked for it in the first place I suppose it's "saving" .....in a bizzare way.

It's less of an expenditure when you can practice preventative medicine, but I fully agree, the insurance companies have fucked you guys royally.

Have you forgotten Million Dollar Murray?

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4341552