America’s Medicaid work requirement paradox, explained by 2 polls

The Trump administration is moving full speed ahead on Medicaid work requirements: On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid approved Indiana’s request that allows the state to revoke coverage for people who don’t meet certain employment or job training standards. Two states have now received approval with more to come.

There is a conventional wisdom that, even as Medicaid has shown its political resilience, the public is pretty open to work requirements. But some new polling, shared exclusively with Vox, complicates that picture. CONT.

Dylan Scott, Vox