Tell the Federal Government You Oppose Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements in Idaho
Despite intense public opposition during the state comment period, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has opened a federal comment period for Idaho’s work requirement proposal. The state of Idaho ignored thousands of public comments opposing this waiver and made no changes to the application. Use the talking points below to craft a comment for the federal record.
Idaho Purposefully Ignored Public Opposition and Technical Flaws with the Proposal
- Over a thousand comments pointed out problems with Idaho’s application during the state comment period and the state ignored these concerns and made no changes to the application.
Work Requirements Will Cause Massive Coverage Losses
- Idaho’s application concedes that 16,000 could lose coverage. Idaho’s policy would kick people off coverage after one month of missing a deadline. True coverage losses in Idaho will likely exceed 21,000 people.
Work Requirements Could Threaten Care for Idahoans with Disabilities
- Filing for an exemption is an extra hoop to jump through for Idahoans with disabilities and could result in unnecessary coverage losses that would exacerbate their health issues.
Work Requirements are Illegal
- Work requirements will only hurt Idahoans, and they violate the central tenet of Medicaid, which is to provide health coverage, not take it away. That’s one reason why courts found CMS approvals illegal in very similar work requirement proposals in Kentucky, Arkansas, and New Hampshire