‘People are going to die’: how Medicaid work requirements cost people their health insurance

Nancy Morrell with her sister, Carolyn, at their home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Nancy is a live-in caregiver for her sister. Photograph: Henry O Head/The Guardian

Kelly Fountain of central Arkansas plans to move her family out of the state if work requirements are enacted for Medicaid, given the issues and lack of resources she has already faced in obtaining support for her 24-year-old son with disabilities, Colby.

“If Trump’s budget is passed as it is currently written, we will be leaving Arkansas,” said Fountain. “Our politicians here know very well that people are going to lose their Medicaid, they’re depending on it. People are not only going to lose their healthcare, they’re going to die.”