Medicaid Work Requirements Are Back. What You Need To Know

Tradeoffs

Apr 24, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 319

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Episode description

Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they’ve learned lessons to avoid mistakes this time.

Guests:

Trevor Hawkins, former Staff Attorney at Legal Aid of Arkansas

Angela Rachidi, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Ray Hanley, former CEO of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

Barbara Sears Roshon, Ohio Medicaid Director (2016-2019)

Ben Sommers, Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Maureen Corcoran, Ohio Medicaid Director

Ryan Levi, Reporter/Producer, Tradeoffs

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