07/31/2026
Work requirements don’t work. We don’t need millions to lose their health insurance to find that out.
The CMS interim final rule isn’t just unnecessary. By imposing burdensome new work requirements for Medicaid recipients, it dismantles a decade of progress and is an obstacle to people’s access to critical care and ability to build a better financial life.
It’s also a threat to our already unstable economy. When workers are healthier, so is our workforce. And with the health care sector driving most of our employment growth in recent years, these Trump administration requirements—which extend beyond the already harmful changes in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill—could lead to devastating economic consequences.
Today, IWPR submitted a letter formally opposing CMS’s interim final rule. Read it here:
The Numbers Don’t Add Up: Women Continue to Earn Less, Regardless of Occupation The Numbers Don’t Add Up: Women Continue to Earn Less, Regardless of Occupation
