Scalise: GOP eyeing Medicaid work requirements for ‘early 2027’

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Monday that Republicans are eyeing early 2027 as the target date for the new Medicaid work requirements in the large budget package. The timeline for the bill’s new work requirements remains up in the air, as Republican leadership continues to negotiate with warring factions of the conference. Scalise said the reason for the initial delay is the time it takes to implement changes, which would be the responsibility of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. The bill advanced out of the House Budget Committee in a rare late-night vote on Sunday, with four Republican deficit hawks voting “present” to let the bill advance.

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