If the federal government grants Ohio’s request, able-bodied residents 55 and younger would need to work or study at least 20 hours per week — with some exceptions — to qualify for the program, according to the report.
The state would send the request in February 2025, after President Joe Biden’s first term in office and potentially the start of a new presidential administration, according to the report. The Biden administration in 2021 reversed the state’s earlier attempt to impose Medicaid work requirements. A letter from the administration cited research that estimated up to 136,000 Medicaid beneficiaries would lose coverage in the first year of the requirement.