WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans are at odds over a consequential health care policy embedded in last year’s tax cut law.
Democrats say the law’s Medicaid work requirements will create red tape that leads to people losing their coverage. Republicans say the measure encourages work.
But because the law doesn’t require states to report on the implementation of this massive change to Medicaid, we may never get a detailed account of how the policy is working.
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