Stop paperwork penalties to Medicaid Expansion

Idaho’s working families — not to mention every taxpayer in the state — received some welcome news last month from Washington, D.C. You don’t hear that often, but this time it’s true. The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Arkansas’ so-called “work requirements” it attached to Medicaid. The three-judge panel, which included a Reagan-era appointee, noted that Arkansas’ paperwork restrictions were “arbitrary and capricious” (translated — bad) because they did not fit within Medicaid Expansion’s foundational goal of providing healthcare access to people who otherwise could not afford it.