Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January

Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per month It is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2027. As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go into effect. Continue reading...

Jessica Glenza · Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 3:00 AM
US news | The Guardian

Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January

Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per month

It is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2027.

As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go into effect.

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