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| claim | health | Work requirements alone account for 40-85% of total OBBBA Medicaid coverage losses, with state implementation variation creating 18-60% enrollment declines | experimental | RWJF/Stateline modeling March 2026, CBO baseline comparison | 2026-05-11 | Federal Medicaid work requirements project 4.9-10.1M coverage losses by 2028 representing the largest single structural setback to value-based care transition in a decade | vida | health/2026-03-27-rwjf-stateline-medicaid-work-requirements-coverage-loss-projections.md | structural | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
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Federal Medicaid work requirements project 4.9-10.1M coverage losses by 2028 representing the largest single structural setback to value-based care transition in a decade
RWJF projects 4.9-10.1 million people will lose Medicaid coverage specifically from work requirements by 2028, compared to CBO's 11.8M total OBBBA Medicaid impact by 2034. This means work requirements alone account for 40-85% of projected Medicaid losses, making them the dominant coverage loss mechanism within OBBBA. State implementation variation is extreme: strictest states (CT, MA, MD, MN, MO, NY, VT, WI) project 60%+ enrollment declines, while least stringent states (ND, SD) project 18-19% declines. This is the largest single structural contraction of the insured pool since the pre-ACA era. For value-based care, this matters because VBC prevention models require multi-year enrollment stability to realize ROI—a 5-10M person coverage loss destroys the enrollment base needed for Medicaid managed care VBC contracts. Medicare Advantage covers ~50% of Medicare beneficiaries making VBC viable for elderly populations, and Medicaid managed care covers ~75% of Medicaid enrollees making VBC viable for low-income adults. A 10M+ Medicaid coverage loss shrinks the Medicaid managed care pool by 13-20%, worsening risk pool composition and unit economics for value-based contracts.
Supporting Evidence
Source: NPR/CBS News, May 1, 2026; Urban Institute state variation modeling
Nebraska's 25,000 at-risk estimate (36% of subject population) provides first calibration data for CBO's 4.9-10.1M national projection. State variation modeling shows 60%+ enrollment decline in strict-policy states (CT, MA, MD, MN, MO, NY, VT, WI) versus 18-19% in least stringent (ND, SD). Actual enrollment data will be observable Q3-Q4 2026 when first renewal cycles complete.