{"id":704194,"date":"2026-06-14T20:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/704194\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:54:08","slug":"survey-shows-majority-of-washingtons-medicaid-recipients-are-unaware-of-changes-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/704194\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey shows majority of Washington’s Medicaid recipients are unaware of changes coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE \u2014 In July 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law. It\u2019s estimated to cut federal Medicaid spending by $1 trillion over the next decade.<\/p>\n

Washington state spends about $21 billion dollars on Medicaid each year, with more than half of that funding coming from the federal government; now, the state expects to lose billions of those dollars from D.C. <\/p>\n

SEE ALSO | Millions could face coverage loss under new Medicaid work rules<\/a><\/p>\n

The most recent state budget does try to make a dent, spending $165 million to directly mitigate the costs of the bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But several changes, aside from spending cuts, are coming to the program in just about six months.<\/p>\n

By December 31 of this year, the state must implement new work requirements for Medicaid eligibility. <\/a>That means Americans between ages 19-64 have to be working, attending school, or volunteering at least 80 hours each month to maintain coverage.<\/p>\n

A recent survey by the Health Management Academy<\/a> shows that 55% of Medicaid enrollees are completely unaware that work requirements are around the corner; an additional 27% say they have heard something but don’t know the details.<\/p>\n

And proof of eligibility will be required every six months, too, rather than annually, something 85% of enrollees do not know.<\/p>\n

Compared to other states, Washington Medicaid enrollees are slightly more educated, with 51% percent unaware of the newly passed work requirements. The national average, according to the survey, is 55%.<\/p>\n

Before those work requirements kick in, the first big date is in October<\/a> when an estimated 30-thousand Washingtonians, who are refugees or asylees, will lose coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 In July 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law. It\u2019s estimated to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-704194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}