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Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold

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The federal government has finalized work requirements for Medicaid, but there's a contradiction in how it's being applied. Conservatives who pushed for these rules long argued that the most vulnerable people would be exempt. Per NPR, the government's exemptions list failed to include homeless people.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/nx-s1-5918346/medicaid-wor...

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