Arkansas and Georgia both imposed job requirements for Medicaid recipients. Advocates said the programs added red tape and administrative costs.

Republicans’ big plan to cut taxes, fund border security and defense spending and fulfill all the key parts of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda will rely on deep cuts to Medicaid. But Republicans are risking a massive political backlash by cutting a program many of their constituents rely on.

"Rather, the Medicaid work requirement would merely serve as an administrative barrier to remaining enrolled in Medicaid, as it involves onerous administrative reporting requirements, where a small mistake in reporting your worked hours or a misinterpretation of the reporting instructions may drop you from insurance coverage entirely."

As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in Mississippi.

The Arkansas House of Representatives approved a $45.3 million package that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said will reform maternal health care in the state, advancing the legislation to the governor's desk.

The Trump administration will likely allow states to impose Medicaid work requirements, but some states have found it to be complicated.

"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things." So wrote Thomas Merton. And Harper Lee wrote for Atticus Finch, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view

Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Arkansas were among 7 states with more than 25 percent of their population on Medicaid.

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program

A fierce debate about the future of Medicaid is currently underway in Congress. The public health insurance program covers 1 in 5 Americans.

Processing Medicaid applications can take weeks ... Legislators in both Mississippi and Arkansas have introduced bills that would offer similar coverage to expectant mothers. Mississippi passed a law last year that was nearly identical to the Alabama ...

The Republican-sponsored constitutional amendment would require able-bodied Medicaid participants ages 19 to 49 to prove they are working as a condition for receiving health coverage. Tens of thousands of patients lost coverage in other states that implemented similar requirements.