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An Early Look at State Approaches to Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements

Event Date: Apr 30, 2026

Event

KFF hosted a virtual briefing focused on states’ efforts to implement these new Medicaid work and community engagement requirements, which have created new administrative demands on states at a time of federal funding cuts, slowing revenue growth, and increasing spending demands.

Medicaid/CHIP Coverage of Lawfully-Residing Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

Medicaid and CHIP Income Eligibility Limits for Pregnant Women as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Level

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

eligibility Medicaid CHIP

Medicaid and CHIP Income Eligibility Limits for Children as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Level

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

eligibility children Medicaid CHIP

Medicaid Income Eligibility Limits for Adults as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Level

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

eligibility Medicaid Adults

Medicaid Eligibility for Katie Beckett Children with Significant Disabilities and Special Income Rule

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

Medicaid Eligibility Through Buy-In Programs for Working People with Disabilities

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

Medicaid Eligibility for SSI Enrollees and Optional Seniors & People with Disabilities Up To 100% FPL

Apr 30, 2026

State Health Facts Indicator

Medicaid eligibility, seniors, people with disabilities

Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies as States Prepare for Major Medicaid Policy Changes

Apr 30, 2026

Report

The 24th annual survey of state Medicaid and CHIP program officials conducted by KFF and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) provides a baseline of state Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, and renewal policies in place as of January 2026 as they prepare to implement the changes included in the 2025 reconciliation law.

Survey Offers Early Look at States’ Differing Approaches to Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements Amid Cost and Time Constraints and Uncertainty from Delayed Federal Guidance

Apr 30, 2026

News Release

A new KFF survey of state Medicaid officials and focus groups in eight states captures the different choices states are making about how to implement Medicaid work requirements, with seven states planning for a more restrictive approach to verifying work or exemption status or to implement work requirements early. These implementation plans are taking shape as states encounter time, cost, and other constraints as well as uncertainty about how to define and verify certain exemptions…

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