Medicaid work rule bill targets Iowa Health and Wellness Plan
Iowa lawmakers move a bill to require 80 work hours per month for adults on the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan with exemptions for medical frailty caregiving unemployment and high risk pregnancies. Critics warn it would raise barriers trigger coverage losses and harm vulnerable residents while studies show work rules do not reliably boost employment.
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