More than 12,500 Kalamazoo County Medicaid recipients will be impacted by new work-reporting requirements. This according to Michelle Miller-Adams, Senior Researcher with Kalamazoo’s Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
The requirements come from the federal budget bill Republicans passed last year. Miller-Adams says the Medicaid Access Coalition aims to keep as many people covered as possible.
“We are going to be doing our best to make sure that everyone in Kalamazoo County knows about the changes that are coming, knows if they're subject to those changes, knows how to report their activities so they do not lose their Medicaid.”
Miller-Adams says work requirements are scheduled to take effect for new enrollees in January, with current enrollees needing to start reporting in March.
Michael Symonds reports for WMUK through the Report for America national service program.