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Montana pushes back against strict federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients

NPR | By Katheryn Houghton
Published July 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM MDT

Deep red Montana offered to start making Medicaid recipients prove they work to receive benefits. Now it's pushing back against the Trump administration's stringent requirements.

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