14,000 Alaskans could lose health insurance with Medicaid work requirement

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. prepares to testify Wednesday to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
WASHINGTON — An estimated 14,000 Alaskans, and millions of Americans, would lose their health insurance from one feature of the Republican budget reconciliation bill now pending in Congress.
That element is a requirement that certain Medicaid recipients prove that they worked at least 80 hours each month.
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