• amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
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    Sorry for any resultant anxiety from mentioning it without details. Here is one source on it: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-medicaid-requirements-go-into-effect-in-2027-what-are-they/ar-AA1I2G8t

    Under the new legislation, Medicaid beneficiaries deemed “physically fit” must meet specific conditions to retain their coverage. These include working at least 80 hours per month, with exemptions available for students, caregivers, and individuals with disabilities.

    FWIW, people with disabilities are exempt from it, from the looks of it. But overall, it’s looking like it’s going to be means-tested hellscape type stuff. Like this article says that an earlier attempt to do similar in Arkansas panned out like this:

    During Arkansas’s work requirement program, for example, thousands of beneficiaries lost coverage due to difficulties navigating reporting systems, and the state spent more on administering the requirements than it saved on the 18,000 people losing coverage.

    https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/states-preparing-looming-medicaid-budget-cuts-and-program-eligibility-changes

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      No worries, no additional anxiety, just wanted to know if it’s something new for me to manage, since I help out in the community, from physical tasks to navigating insurance and Medicare/Medicaid/SNAP and other things in my very underserved community.

      And thank you for typing all that out for no reason those who are reading and may be unaware. Those rules are already effective, where I live. It’s been annoying, especially the extra, unnecessary paperwork, for both individuals, and culled federal, state, and municipal employees processing the paperwork. Probably employers, too.

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        Ohh I see. Well good on you for helping out with that stuff!

        It’s been annoying, especially the extra, unnecessary paperwork, for both individuals, and culled federal, state, and municipal employees processing the paperwork. Probably employers, too.

        Yeah, the continual gutting of government doesn’t seem sustainable. Not sure what they expect to do with what’s left.

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            I could believe it, but it doesn’t seem like there’s much benefit from a working class that they can’t exploit because it’s dead. I spose the aim could be to reduce things to something more privatized and disjointed, but then their imperial power will decline even faster.

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              I slept on this before replying. That’s exactly what they want, plus just enough slaves to make it work. They want a private world. And I shudder to think what Israel will do with Indians, once they’re no longer useful.