Opponents of Arkansas' plan to add a work requirement to its Medicaid expansion program voiced fears last week that it would undermine the program's goal to provide health coverage to low income people.

Should some Medicaid recipients be required to work, go to school, or serve in order to keep their benefits? For the second governor in a row, Arkansas says yes. “The requirement is simple,” said Gov.

Proposals to scale back Medicaid work requirements in Georgia and Arkansas — the only two states to have implemented such conditions — reveal the disconnect between rhetoric behind such programs and the realities of running them,

Gov. Sanders signed three bills into law: a school phone ban, free school breakfasts, and Medicaid changes for pregnant Arkansans. More to come.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders (center) speaks at a press conference at the Arkansas Capitol before signing a law to provide free breakfast to Arkansas students regardless of their eligibility for the federal free or reduced-price meal program,

Opponents of Arkansas' plan to add a work requirement to its Medicaid expansion program voiced fears last week that it would undermine the program's goal to provide health coverage to low income people.

In a renewed push under the Trump administration, states across the U.S. are revisiting the controversial topic of Medicaid work requirements. Georgia is the only state actively enforcing these requirements.

Proposals from Georgia and Arkansas reveal the disconnect between rhetoric on Medicaid requirements and reality, advocates and researchers say.

As Republicans in Ohio and other states consider adding work requirements to Medicaid, Georgia and Arkansas — two states with experience running such programs — want to scale back their own such efforts after they didn't turn out as intended.

As Republicans consider adding work requirements to Medicaid, Georgia and Arkansas want to scale back the key parts supporters have argued encourage employment and personal responsibility.

No one spoke for or against Arkansas' proposal to add a work requirement to its Medicaid expansion program on Wednesday during the third and final public hearing on the plan.

About halfway through Arkansas’ 2025 legislative session, some of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ policy priorities have become law while others have yet be debated by lawmakers.