Building And Sustaining Safety-Net Workforce Capacity Yara A. Halasa-Rappel,Diana M. Hernandez,Carolyn Brown-Kaiser,Ying Wang,Gary Sing,Donald S. Shepard,andMatthew Alcusky October 20, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/building-and-sustaining-safety-net-workforce-capacity?utm_campaign=forefront&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_QwSntgxeCi6ppYwv05TxaxGKs-rocjIMawELo490XXZ9jBOSLyKhYm-qW4Wtn0X_Dj_wfbEwktmfUBbOGdDadk1IAXQ&_hsmi=445751573&utm_source=hasu CMS’s decision to no longer allow Medicaid 1115 waiver funding for workforce initiatives will challenge state efforts to recruit and retain safety-net clinicians.