Dr. Oz announces Medicaid overhaul requiring able-bodied recipients to work 20 hours weekly while recouping billions spent on illegal immigrants.

On Monday, the Trump administration finalized a key rule that establishes national guidelines for the rollout of work requirements in Medicaid, and industry groups warn that the regulation could prove burdensome to enrollees and state programs.

At least a dozen U.S. states are rolling out medically tailored meals in pilot projects through Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program serving 71 million Americans who qualify based on income or disability status.

New CMS Medicaid work requirements could increase employment but may also cause millions of adults to lose coverage by 2027. The CMS notified Medicaid beneficiaries, who met certain requirements, that they must report 80 hours of work per month as a new condition of eligibility to receive government assistance. 1

On May 22, House Republicans passed their budget reconciliation omnibus — the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — which would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, among other spending cuts, in order to fund historic tax giveaways ...