Kentucky’s new Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, halted the state’s push to add a work requirement for Medicaid recipients, a policy pursued by his Republican predecessor that became entangled in court fights.
Mr. Beshear sent the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a letter Monday saying the state was ending a pilot program, known as a waiver, that included a work requirement. He also said he was signing an executive order protecting the state’s expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which resulted…
Kentucky’s New Governor Ends Medicaid Work Requirement – The Wall Street Journal