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Kentucky Not Giving Up on Medicaid Work Requirements After Judge’s Ruling

Route Fifty: The conservative movement to toughen up Medicaid health coverage requirements for low-income Americans suffered a setback Friday when a federal judge blocked a Kentucky proposal that would have required many of the state’s applicants to be employed or seeking employment in order to receive coverage.

The Kentucky work requirement championed by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin was set to take effect Sunday as part of the state’s proposed Kentucky HEALTH program. It would have required “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to log a certain number of “community engagement” hours per week, meaning working, undergoing work training or doing volunteer work.

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