Work Requirement Exemptions Based On Medical Frailty: We’d Better Get Them Right This Time
Abstract
The federal government and state Medicaid agencies must adopt comprehensive, flexible definitions of medical frailty that meaningfully protect the categories of individuals whom Congress has designated for protection from work requirements under H.R. 1. They must not to rely on the existing, inconsistent definitions of medical frailty in Medicaid, which have likely left out many people who should be entitled to this designation.
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Forefront Group
- Publisher
- Health Affairs Publishing, LLC
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Document type
- Dataset