各州修订医疗补助工作要求,以放宽规则,并因缺乏有关其福利的证据而面临批评。
States revise Medicaid work requirements to ease rules, facing criticism over lack of evidence for their benefits.
一些美国州,包括俄亥俄州和南卡罗来纳州,正在修订医疗援助计划的工作要求,旨在减少行政负担和扩大豁免。
Several U.S. states, including Ohio and South Carolina, are revising Medicaid work requirements, aiming to reduce administrative burdens and expand exemptions.
这些变化随着各州试图削减联邦预算而出现。
These changes come as states look to cut federal budgets.
然而,卫生政策专家认为,没有证据表明工作要求会改善经济结果或鼓励就业,他们反而会劝阻医疗援助计划(Medicaid Aid)的入学或将人从名册上除名。
However, health policy experts argue that there's no evidence that work requirements improve economic outcomes or encourage employment, and they may instead discourage Medicaid enrollment or remove people from the rolls.