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domain: health
secondary_domains: []
format: policy analysis
status: unprocessed
status: enrichment
priority: medium
tags: [obbba, medicaid, work-requirements, state-implementation, coverage-fragmentation, vbc, january-2027, section-1115-waivers, nebraska]
processed_by: vida
processed_date: 2026-03-22
extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
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## Content
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PRIMARY CONNECTION: Session 8 OBBBA claim candidates on VBC enrollment disruption and CHW program blocking
WHY ARCHIVED: Provides current implementation status — clarifies that work requirement effects are 2027+ observable, not 2026; helps scope temporal accuracy of KB claims
EXTRACTION HINT: The CHW/provider tax freeze (already in effect) and work requirements (January 1, 2027) should be extracted as two separate claims with different temporal scopes. Current Session 8 claim candidates may conflate them.
## Key Facts
- OBBBA work requirements become mandatory January 1, 2027 (not December 31, 2026 as previously stated)
- As of January 23, 2026, all 7 state Section 1115 waiver applications for early work requirement implementation are still pending at CMS
- The 7 states with pending waivers are: Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah
- Nebraska announced intention to implement work requirements via state plan amendment (no waiver needed), ahead of the mandatory deadline
- Only 2 states had ever implemented Medicaid work requirements prior to OBBBA
- Georgia implemented work requirements July 1, 2023 under Section 1115 waiver, requirements still in effect, successfully defended in court
- Section 1115 waivers can be used to implement work requirements early but CANNOT be used to waive them
- Work requirements apply to able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the ACA expansion group
- Work requirement threshold is 80 hours per month
- CBO projects 10 million uninsured through 2034 as a result of OBBBA provisions
- OBBBA provider tax freeze is already in effect, creating immediate CHW program funding pressure
- First observable work requirement enrollment disruption data will appear in 2027