Deflating the controversy over Medicaid work requirements

Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements established by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now renamed by Republicans as the working families tax cuts. Dozens of others are scrambling to follow suit before the January deadline.

Democrats and much of the media have portrayed work requirements as a cruel and unnecessary attack on healthcare access — one that could deprive millions of people of coverage.

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