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A new federal law will require approximately 20 million Medicaid recipients nationwide to prove they are working, attending school, or volunteering to maintain their health coverage.
The federal bill H.R. 1 is projected to cut Medicaid spending by nearly $1 trillion.
The federal bill H.R. 1 is projected to cause more than 7 million people to lose their Medicaid coverage.
Experts predict that new work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks could cause as many as 1 million people in New York to lose their Medicaid coverage.
Medicaid is reportedly sharing state-level data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security.
Some states are considering cutting Medicaid services for families with autistic children to manage budget shortfalls resulting from H.R. 1.
The new work requirements for Medicaid recipients are scheduled to take effect next January.
The loss of Medicaid coverage for one million people in New York would be catastrophic for the state's healthcare system.
Some states are spending between $10 million and $20 million on new technology systems to manage Medicaid work requirements.
Existing income verification sources like state wage data and IRS data have a one-quarter lag, making them unsuitable for the new three-month Medicaid work requirement verification timeline.
New York's Medicaid program chose not to contract with Equifax for income verification, instead selecting a less expensive, local technology company.
The federal government is developing an open-source tool named Emmy to help states collect data and documents from Medicaid members for work requirement verification.