Virginia Medicaid Submits Waiver For Work Requirements, Monthly Premiums

Virginia Medicaid is developing an 1115 waiver to impose work requirements on non-disabled adults; and low, sliding-scale premiums and cost sharing for some program participants. The state expanded Medicaid to adults with income up to 138% of the federal poverty level in June 2018 and coverage for this population begins January 2019. The work requirements in the 1115 waiver, called The Creating Opportunities for Medicaid Participants to Achieve Self- Sufficiency (COMPASS), will require federal approval prior to taking effect.

Virginia’s proposed “Training, Education, Employment and Opportunity Program” work requirement applies to non-disabled adults (ages 19 to . . .