One Big Thing About Work Requirements

How "80 Hours per Month" Equals "3 Hours per Week"

Late yesterday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited interim final rule providing implementation parameters for Medicaid work requirements that Congress passed last summer. I, like most people, am still digging into the details of the 387-page rule, and will have more to say once I finish reading it. But amidst the political arguing about the policy, conservatives should remember one key fact.