Key facts
- Wyden and Pallone asked CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to immediately delay the Medicaid work reporting requirements, per Protect Our Care.
- The Medicaid work reporting requirements are set to take effect in January, according to the statement.
- Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse said the requirements would take coverage from millions of Americans.
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone called on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz to immediately delay the implementation of Medicaid work reporting requirements, according to a statement distributed by the advocacy group Protect Our Care.
The statement said the requirements are set to take effect in January and described them as paperwork hurdles that would remove coverage from otherwise eligible Americans. It did not give the terms of the requirements or say how many people would be affected.
Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse said in the statement that the two lawmakers were pressing the administration over the requirements and that reversing Medicaid cuts and scrapping the work requirements were at the top of Democrats' agenda. The statement also referred to the results of an election held the previous week, without giving a date or further detail.