Arkansas submits request for hybrid Medicaid plan changes

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(AP) – Arkansas has asked the federal government to approve
new limits the state wants on its hybrid Medicaid expansion that would move
60,000 people off the program and impose a work requirement on some
participants.

Governor Asa Hutchinson on Friday submitted the proposed changes to the program,
which uses Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for low-income
residents. The program was created in 2013 as an alternative to expanding
Medicaid under the federal health overhaul.

Lawmakers in May approved the proposed changes, which include lowering the
eligibility cap from 138 percent of the poverty level to 100 percent. Those
moved off the program would be eligible for subsidies to purchase plans through
the insurance exchange. A state Department of Human Services spokeswoman said
the agency expects a response within 90 days.


   

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