Various proposals had floated in the U.S. House that could have severely affected the state's health care system.

In June 2018 Arkansas became the first US state to implement work requirements ... income adults ages 19–64 in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas, 2016, 2018, and 2019. NOTES N = 8,661 ...

While most of the state’s attention focused on what the Republican House majority was doing to Medicaid, a much more direct ...

"Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste and abuse," House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana ... adds a more rigorous income verification process ...

They are leaning toward smaller changes such as adding work requirements ... s Medicaid payments to states or overhaul its method for paying them. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) ruled ...

"Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste and abuse," House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana ... adds a more rigorous income verification process ...

Among several sticking points is the timeframe over when new Medicaid work requirements would kick ... for Alaskans and fight cuts to the program. Louisiana, represented by Republican Sens.

Several Medicaid provisions were altered, with some expected to add to the coverage losses and cost savings. The package’s most consequential provision is instituting work requirements in ...

According to the May 6-8 survey of 1,200 registered voters in 72 targeted congressional districts, 72 percent favored work requirements for able-bodied adults who receive Medicaid benefits and 68 ...