INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb wants some adults to have a job or to enroll in a work-readiness program to qualify for Medicaid.
The Republican asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday for permission to impose such a requirement.
A large number of people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid-funded Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 would be exempted from the requirement. They include pregnant women, students, single-parents, anyone over 60, people in drug treatment or on disability, and those who have recently been imprisoned.
But other “able-bodied adults” would be required to work at least 20 hours a week or participate in the state’s Gateway to Work job-readiness program.
The federal government must sign off on the plan, which also must go through a public comment period.
2 comments
Holcomb said: “They include pregnant women, students, single-parents, anyone over 60, people in drug treatment or on disability, and those who have recently been imprisoned”.
I say:
Pregnant women work everyday. Get a job!
Retirement is not age 60…Get a job!
Students work to pay for college everyday…WTF! Get 2 jobs!
Why reward prisoners? get a job at 1/2 pay!
Disable persons would be the only people to qualify as not “able-bodied”
It’s a good start, but I too think the requirements could be even stronger; for instance; I’ve been a single parent for nearly 15 years and have always worked. Nothing wrong with single parents working, especially if the kids are over 5.