Doctors ‘Cringe’ at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work By Sam Whitehead July 20, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-medical-frailty-documentation-doctors/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_W_G0loUIK6rtZIGU3LLfxrLzQBglEbVlG8gKWB9awegS8h_iN53ApseVQSO1ic3IZ2Ig5pMspF-_CZdGNvg7F6iaoAw&_hsmi=429168437&utm_content=429168437&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Doctors ‘Cringe’ At Possibility Of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security Disability payments, because it can be a difficult, burdensome process. (Whitehead, 7/20)