{"id":2064250,"date":"2025-07-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2064250"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:00:26","slug":"watch-what-are-medicaid-work-requirements","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/watch-what-are-medicaid-work-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: What Are Medicaid Work Requirements?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NhwF3XMxRXc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump signed legislation that mandates some Medicaid recipients prove they\u2019re working, volunteering, or completing other qualifying activities at least 80 hours a month to maintain coverage. 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