Governor John Bel Edwards Wants ‘Reasonable’ Work Requirement
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 / 07:12 PM CST / Updated: Jan 11, 2018 / 07:12 PM CST
BATON ROUGE, LA – AUGUST 19: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards speaks during a press conference to update the public on FEMA’s disaster recover and temporary housing programs on August 19, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Last week Louisiana was overwhelmed with Qood water causing at least thirteen deaths and thousands of damaged homes. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana is on board with the Trump administration’s new guidelines that will require certain Medicaid recipients to work in order to receive benefits.
Edwards, whose first order of business when he took office was expanding Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of Louisianans, said he believes people who are able to work should “benefit from the dignity of being employed,”
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