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How Medicaid work requirements have failed before

How Medicaid work requirements have failed before

Apple News Today
Jun 30, 2025 16 min
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<p>Republicans are grappling with their big tax-and-spending bill, which the independent Congressional Budget Office estimates will add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. As they debate Medicaid cuts and work requirements at the federal level, Jeanne Whalen with the <a href="https://apple.news/Ap_liaPO2Qtqb8PAqCjj-9w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why Medicaid work requirements at the state level have not worked out.</p> <p>Following the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship, <a href="https://apple.news/A7xH7gpacQbeYCf6M0tOCSg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Politico</a> reporter and former prosecutor Ankush Khardori tells us what comes next.</p> <p>Florida is seizing Everglades land with plans to open a migrant-detention center in a swamp as soon as the first week of July. Ana Ceballos with the <a href="https://apple.news/Adchj5IZqTkC5s-kRZhmifw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Miami Herald</a> has more.</p> <p>Plus, what to know about the <a href="https://apple.news/AHAdJEN2OSzGD5SuBNpg9EQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ambush attack </a>on Idaho firefighters, the U.N.&rsquo;s assessment of <a href="https://apple.news/A7Wwx2lf8TXOgwb3WCAfeNQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran&rsquo;s nuclear capabilities</a>, and <a href="https://apple.news/AZ0Vk_ZcWTBW-wWtiSSpxBQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beyoncé&rsquo;s scare</a> during her hometown Texas show.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s show was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p?

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