South Carolina Medicaid Seeks To Enact Work & Community Engagement Requirements

On May 8, 2019, South Carolina submitted a Medicaid waiver to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting permission to impose work and community engagement requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries ages 18 to 64. The state seeks to require Medicaid beneficiaries to work, be enrolled in job training, or be in school for an average of 80 hours per month. South Carolina has not expanded Medicaid. According to a South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) spokesperson, the agency projects a maximum of 0.59% of the state’s Medicaid population will be impacted during the first . . .