Letter to Jogn Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) Requests Meeting With Gov. Edwards And CMS Administrator To Help Establish Medicaid Work Requirements

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Dear Governor Edwards:

It is my understanding that your administration is actively working to impose work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Louisiana needs to quickly impose this work requirement. In fact, Louisiana needs to have a proposal on the table well before Easter.

As you know, Kentucky recently became the first state to adopt Medicaid work requirements after its application was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on January 12. To date, CMS has received proposals from nine other states: Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin.

To further your administration's progress and to expedite the waiver approval process, I respectfully request a meeting with you, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, and myself. The consultant the state recently hired is also welcome to join the meeting. My hope is that, together, we can get Louisiana's waiver approved within 60 days of our meeting.

I can work with your office to identify possible dates for a meeting in Washington, D.C. If you are unable to meet, my hope is that you will consider putting this issue into your call for a special session.

Thank you, Governor, for your consideration of this request. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

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