One of the most controversial aspects of the Corbett administration’s proposal to expand the state’s Medicaid program was that every able-bodied adult of working age be required to demonstrate that they were pursuing employment.
On Thursday, the administration agreed to drop that proposal in the face of opposition from the Obama administration.
Instead, the Corbett administration will propose a one-year, voluntary, incentive-based pilot program requiring participants to document their work-search efforts.  Like the original work-search requirement, this proposal will be subject to federal review.
Read more about this development in Pennsylvania’s pursuit of federal approval to expand its Medicaid program in this Lancaster Online article.  Find a copy of Governor Corbett’s letter dropping the controversial component and proposing an alternative here.