Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that Arkansas will seek federal approval to require Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer to keep their benefits. Why it matters: About 220,000 Arkansans receive Medicaid benefits,

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced her plans for a Medicaid work requirement at a Tuesday news conference. Sanders said the program will update the existing ARHOME Medicaid program. The “Pathway to Prosperity” update will establish work and community engagement requirements.

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

Unlike the previous requirement under Asa Hutchinson, Sanders wants her work rule to apply even to Arkansans ages 50-64.

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

Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (Jan. 28) pitched the new Trump administration for a waiver to Arkansas’ Medicaid insurance program that will add a work requirement for able-bodied individuals.

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.

Enrollment in the state’s health insurance marketplace is at an all-time high. As of Jan. 4, more than 160,000 Arkansans had selected an insurance plan during the open enrollment

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.

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,