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  "id": 10904039,
  "title": "Montana starts enforcing Medicaid work requirements on Oct 1. Patients are confused",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/montana-starts-enforcing-medicaid-work-requirements-on-oct-1-patients",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5946766/montana-early-medicaid-work-requirements-patients-confused"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/as-work-requirements-kick-in-for-medicaid-some-states-are-taking-a",
        "published": "2026-09-26T10:09:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/as-work-requirements-kick-in-for-medicaid-some-states-are-taking-a",
        "published": "2026-09-28T20:55:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Montana starts enforcing Medicaid work requirements on Oct 1. Patients are confused",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/montana-starts-enforcing-medicaid-work-requirements-on-oct-1-patients-10905779",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:00:00.000Z"
      }
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