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Study: Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement Hits Those Already Employed

KFF Health News Original

More than 95% of the Arkansas residents targeted by the state’s Medicaid work requirement were already working or met the criteria to be exempted from the mandate, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Newsom Changes Course On Plan To Pay For Immigrant Health Coverage

KFF Health News Original

California’s governor Friday scuttled his plan to siphon public health money from four counties to help provide health coverage for unauthorized immigrants ages 19 through 25.

Newsom cambia de idea sobre plan para pagar por cobertura de salud a inmigrantes

KFF Health News Original

La administración de Newsom escuchó los reclamos de cuatro condados y decidió cambiar el curso. Usará dinero de las arcas estatales para cubrir a esta población, de aprobarse su presupuesto.

A Plan To Cover Immigrants Would Divert Public Health Dollars

KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to provide health coverage to unauthorized immigrants ages 19 to 25 would siphon money that four counties currently use for public health efforts such as battling contagious diseases.