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Introduction The recent article in the New York Times with the title ‘Making Medicaid a Tool for Moral Education May Let Some Die’ is worth reviewing. President Trump promised Americans that his policies are directed towards making America a great country again. He proposed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and as a result there has been some changes in Medicaid enrollment policy. Kentucky became the first state to impose work requirement to be eligible for Medicaid. Governor Matt Bevin in Kentucky announced that all the residents of Kentucky who are not disabled and who are 19 to 64-year-old must work in order to get the Medicaid coverage. The pregnant women and the people who cannot work due to their medical requirement are excluded from this requirement. The residents must work at least 20 hours a week to be eligible. They can work, or obtain job training or do community service to obtain the coverage. Not only the residents have to work but they must pay for it too. The payment requirements are different according to whether the family above or below the poverty threshold. For the families living on one quarter of poverty threshold should pay a premium of 1$ and the families who live above the poverty line must pay 15 $. Article Review …show more content…

Is it done to save the money or is it done for the moral education? Governor Matt Bevin said that these changes are done to provide moral education to the people of Kentucky as this will provide them with a path forward and upwards and they will start to fend for themselves. But imposing the work requirement on the Medicaid eligibility will also save State’s money. Infact, it might reduce the Medicaid spending by about 2.4 billion dollars over next five-year period. About 175,000 Medicaid beneficiaries do not meet the work requirement in Kentucky and will lose the

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