🇺🇸 USA Apr 28, 2026 · Sam Whitehead

States face another challenge with Medicaid work rules: staffing shortages

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States face another challenge with Medicaid work rules: staffing shortages
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Medicaid enrollees in Rhode Island will have to show they’re working, volunteering, or attending school for 80 hours a month starting Jan. 1, 2027, to keep their coverage. (iStock/Getty Images Plus)Katie Crouch says calling her state’s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends.
“The first time, it’ll ring interminably. Next time, it’ll go to a voicemail that just hangs up on you,” said the 48-year-old, who lives in Delaware. “Sometimes you’ll get a

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