{"id":882380,"date":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/882380\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","slug":"medicaid-changes-work-requirements-coverage-and-healthcare-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/882380\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicaid changes: Work requirements, coverage and healthcare costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping tax and spending bill \u2014 originally called the One Big Beautiful Bill. It included significant changes to Medicaid, the government health insurance program that helps people with lower incomes pay for medical care.<\/p>\n

Some changes to eligibility rules have already taken effect while changes to work requirements are scheduled to begin in 2027.<\/p>\n

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MPR News host Angela Davis (center) talks with Jonathan Watson (left), CEO of the Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers, and Robin Rudowitz, senior vice president and director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News<\/p>\n

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what the changes mean for Minnesotans who rely on Medicaid and for the healthcare system as a whole.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for affordable medical care, you can find local resources here: Community Health Centers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Guests:<\/p>\n

Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> or RSS<\/a>.\u202f<\/p>\n

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping tax and spending bill \u2014 originally called the One Big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-882380","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\/882380","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=882380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}