Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5712x4284+0+0/resize/5712x4284!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcd%2F36%2F940341624c21afe0a567809b7cc5%2Fpartnership-health-center03.jpeg' alt='Izzy Kadrmas, a medical assistant at Partnership Health Center's Watershed Clinic in Missoula, Montana, prepares to take Tywon Pugh's blood for testing.'/><p>Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people.</p><p>(Image credit: Katheryn Houghton)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5918346' />