Hello,
Please see below for resources from Justice in Aging, including the registration link for a webinar this Thursday: Implementing New Medicaid Work Requirements: Strategies to Mitigate Harm in Your State.
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HR 1 Implementation Updates
In late December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the first round of Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT) funding authorized under the 2025 budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1). Every state was awarded funding for fiscal year 2026.
Learn more about the RHT program and funding in your state. KFF’s issue brief and RHT funds tracker provide more context of H.R. 1’s $900 billion in Medicaid cuts and links to available application documents for each state.
KFF has also launched a Medicaid work requirements implementation tracker, which includes information about states’ existing policies and eligibility data systems.
Join Justice in Aging next Thursday, February 5, for a webinar, Implementing New Medicaid Work Requirements: Strategies to Mitigate Harm in Your State where we’ll walk through our toolkit, provide advocacy tips, and answer questions.
Find all of Justice in Aging’s H.R. 1 and Medicaid defense resources on our website.
Thank you,
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