Dive Brief:

Medicaid beneficiaries at risk of losing coverage due to work requirements are often managing multiple chronic conditions , especially older enrollees, according to research published Wednesday in JAMA.

To find beneficiaries who could be disenrolled under work requirements enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the study analyzed national survey data to determine health characteristics of Medicaid enrollees between the ages of 20 and 64 who worked less than 20 hours per week or were unemployed and not exempt from the work mandates.

About 41% of these beneficiaries had three or more chronic conditions. The percent grew to over 66% for those between 50 and 64 years old.

Dive Insight:

One of the biggest Medicaid policy changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed

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