Five governors are asking the Trump administration for more time before Medicaid's new work rules take effect, warning that people who still qualify for coverage could lose it because state systems will not be ready to process their paperwork. In an Oct. 1 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the governors asked HHS to extend the Jan. 1, 2027, compliance date, according to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's office.
The signers are Kotek of Oregon, Gavin Newsom of California, Janet Mills of Maine, Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, all Democrats. The rules apply to roughly 21 million people who gained Medicaid eligibility through the Affordable Care Act expansion, Healthcare Dive reported.
