Up to 1 million low income and disabled people across the Midwest could lose their Medicaid health insurance coverage, according to a new analysis. That’s because federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements, which means people would have to prove they work, volunteer, or go to school in order to receive health insurance.
Experts warn that many people who already work will fall through the cracks — not because they are ineligible for benefits but due to administrative and paperwork mishaps.
The latest version of the House Republicans’ tax and immigration bill, which proposes deep cuts to federal programs like Medicaid, includes strict work requirements, even expanding those requirements to Americans previously considered too old to need them…