Arkansas officials said Wednesday they’ve removed more than 4,300 people from the state’s expanded Medicaid program who didn’t meet a work requirement, making them the first in the nation to lose Medicaid under a rule mandating they work to keep coverage. The Arkansas Department of Human Services also said another 5,000 people on the program will lose coverage if they don’t meet the work requirement by the end of this month. Of the more than 62,000 people who were subject to the requirement last month, officials said the majority either met the requirement or were otherwise exempt. (Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press)
