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HHS Report Claims Medicaid Work Rules Cut Poverty, Experts Dispute

6/10/2026

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Health and Human Services (HHS) report says Medicaid work-requirement reforms could lift 2.9 million people from poverty.
Report was released by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration through HHS Office of Planning and Evaluation, with fewer than 50 staff.
Congressional Budget Office projects 10 million losses by 2034, half linked to work requirements.
Health economists Chloe East, Adrianna McIntyre, Richard G. Frank, Sherry Glied, and Tom Buchmueller have called report’s poverty claim flawed.

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Health and Human Services (HHS) report says Medicaid work-requirement reforms could lift 2.9 million people from poverty.
Report was released by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration through HHS Office of Planning and Evaluation, with fewer than 50 staff.
Congressional Budget Office projects 10 million losses by 2034, half linked to work requirements.
Health economists Chloe East, Adrianna McIntyre, Richard G. Frank, Sherry Glied, and Tom Buchmueller have called report’s poverty claim flawed.