Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Bureaucratic Burdens That Threaten Working Families, Providers and Local Economies

A new fact sheet details how nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees are at risk of losing their health care coverage under federal work reporting requirements. These proposals come just after House Republicans passed a budget resolution requiring more than $800 billion in cuts, mostly to Medicaid, which would result in millions losing coverage and upend the health care system we all rely on.

Work reporting requirements are a solution in search of a problem, as more than 92% of the people who use Medicaid for health insurance are already working, or are otherwise caregivers, ill/disabled or are attending school.

There is no evidence that work reporting requirements result in higher employment rates. In fact, multiple government and independent analyses conclude these programs do not result in sustainable employment gains; instead, they skyrocket the uninsured rate. The truth is that people with health insurance are more likely to be healthy, and healthy people are more likely to be able to work. And because many low-wage jobs do not offer private health insurance, millions of American workers rely on Medicaid to stay healthy and continue working.