The Biden administration made good on a promise from early February to remove permission for Ohio to require work as a condition of Medicaid benefits. The requirements need federal approval but were delayed amid the pandemic after the blessing from the Trump administration in 2019. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services withdrew the state’s approval Tuesday of the waiver that allowed the development of work requirements. “The Biden administration’s decision is extremely disappointing. Work requirements provide much-needed flexibility in the Medicaid system to provide greater well-being and self-sufficiency to individuals who are able to work while slowing the growth rate of Medicaid and thus the burden on taxpayers,” U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said. “I will continue to advocate for bipartisan common-sense solutions to address the affordability of health care and the long-term budget implications of Medicaid on the state and federal level.” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called the…
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