Governor Sanders is moving forward on a plan to reinstitute work requirements for Medicaid.This request could reshape how the state’s Medicaid system works for

Introducing work requirements for Medicaid recipients is something the GOP has suggested will be brought into action.

It sounds as if the governor is considering a broader requirement than the short-lived work rule instituted by her predecessor, Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a push for a new work requirement for people on Medicaid. She sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary. The plan would require Medicaid recipients who are able-bodied and of working age to work.

North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass expansion with a provision to create a workforce development program for beneficiaries.

(AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday she wants to impose work requirements on some Medicaid recipients, hoping to revive and expand a restriction that was blocked by the courts but could get a new life under the Trump administration.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is asking the Trump administration to allow imposing a work requirement for "able-bodied" recipients of the Medicaid expansion program.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in Tuesday’s news conference her plans for a Medicaid work requirement.

State Senator David Blount called additional tax cuts irresponsible and pushed for Medicaid expansion in the Democratic Response. Gov. Reeves cautioned against expansion in his address.

In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about Medicare and Medicaid, programs that affect tens of millions of Americans,

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country.