Medicaid work requirements are part of the version of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" that cleared the House last month and is now up for consideration in the Senate. Trump is seeking to have it passed by July 4.

Several provisions in the bill passed by House Republicans last month, including Medicaid work requirements, would lead to the loss of coverage for millions of people.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law June 6 requiring tens of thousands of Iowans on Medicaid to work or lose their health care coverage.

In defending Trump's signature spending bill—which could cut millions from the Medicaid rolls over the next decade—Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie said a study suggests millions of able-bodied people on the program are misusing time that could be spent at a job or benefiting the community.

Many of the Republicans pushing for Medicaid work requirements — permanent program cuts that will strip up to 14 million people of their health care coverage — likely have no idea what it takes to comply with them.

The health policy nonprofit KFF estimated between 120,000 and 190,000 people in Colorado could lose their insurance, mostly through falling off the Medicaid rolls, over the next 10 years.

More than a dozen people raised concerns and questions about unintentionally separating patients from their health care with South Dakota’s proposed Medicaid expansion work requirements.

Congressional Republicans are considering legislation that would take Medicaid coverage away from people who can’t document that they meet work requirements. Low-paid workers are among the