Final rules for Medicaid work requirements are out. Here’s what you need to know.

By: Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 1,395

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or being enrolled in an educational program.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the rules on June 1. That deadline was set last year in the GOP tax-and-spending law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which established a work requirement for …

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