NEW for Mississippi Free Press: Mississippians would have to work 100 hours a month to be eligible for Medicaid expansion under a new compromise plan House and Senate members agreed to minutes before a deadline on Monday evening. mississippifreepress.org/41740/medicaid…

House leaders had opposed the Senate’s strict work requirement bc it would prevent Medicaid expansion from taking effect unless the federal government approves the kind of work-requirement waiver that it has rejected in the past. But the House compromised.
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Under the newest proposal, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must approve the work requirement for Medicaid expansion to become law in Mississippi.

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Under the new compromise plan, if CMS denies the waiver, the state could reapply later if CMS changed course and approved another state’s work requirement.

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Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, told me last week that CMS has a better chance of approving a work requirement waiver if Donald Trump wins the presidential election in November. mississippifreepress.org/41740/medicaid…