The federal government formally approved Wisconsin's plan Wednesday to impose work requirements on certain Medicaid recipients, signaling that the Trump administration is not backing down from the controversial policy position. | Wisconsin is the fifth state to secure approval for such a waiver, but a federal judge blocked the approval of Kentucky's waiver last summer.
| | The other states with active approvals are Indiana, New Hampshire, and Arkansas.
| | Some of the same groups that won their challenge to Kentucky's waiver approval have filed a similar action in Arkansas.
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"We will not retreat from this position," Verma wrote in a blog post. Read the full story... |