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Medicaid Work Requirements: Who’s Affected and What’s at Stake
Medicaid Work Requirements: Who’s Affected and What’s at Stake Health Affairs June 12, 2026 Jeff Byers and Alison Barkoff Health Affairs Publishing’s Jeff Byers welcomes Alison Barkoff of George Washington University to the pod to explore the evolving landscape of Medicaid work requirements. They break down who is impacted by these policies, how the requirements are structured across states, and the real-world challenges of implementation.
Opinion | Medicaid Fraud Crackdown May Cause Harm
Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, is ordering all states to step up their efforts to crack down on Medicaid fraud. His April 21, 2026, announcement expanded on the Trump administration’s related enforcement actions, such as withholding Medicaid funds from Minnesota and threatening to do that for New York, California and Maine.
Trump’s Medicaid fraud crackdown may sound sensible, but it could harm Americans who require long-term care
Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, is ordering all states to step up their efforts to crack down on Medicaid fraud. The Trump administration says there’s a big problem with fraud tied to government-funded care delivered in a person’s home or in the community, officially known as home and community-based services, along with nonmedical transportation, behavioral health and new or high billing providers.
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