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Hustling for Healthcare and Decoding 5G: Medicaid Work Requirements and Huawei

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A DC judge struck down laws in Arkansas and Kentucky that would require Medicaid recipients to work in exchange for getting free or low-cost government healthcare coverage. Opening up the floor for debate. Meanwhile, the UK is the latest country to call out Chinese tech giant Huawei for being insecure. Also on today’s episode: Sarah Kate Ellis gets ready to present the Carters with some gold, and we get bad news from the produce aisle.    PS: Want to tell us about your Woman of the Week? Leave us a voicemail at 646.461.6370 and you might hear your voice on the show on Friday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, March 28th.

0:03.4

Welcome to Schim this.

0:04.8

We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why

0:08.8

they matter.

0:09.8

Today we're going to take a look at Medicaid and states that are trying to set up work

0:13.2

requirements for healthcare coverage.

0:14.8

We'll go deep into the debate over whether people should have to hustle for their healthcare.

0:19.4

Then, British cybersecurity experts are raising warning flags about the Chinese tech giant

0:24.0

Huawei's 5G networks.

0:25.7

We'll tell you what this can mean in the race for high-speed internet.

0:29.3

Finally, some big names are being honored at the GLAAD Awards tonight.

0:32.9

We'll have more.

0:33.9

We're here to make your Thursday smarter.

0:36.3

Let's Schim this.

0:39.3

The most complicated story today is about work requirements for Medicaid.

0:43.2

The government program that provides free or cheap healthcare coverage for low-income

0:46.9

people.

0:47.9

Yesterday, a judge in Washington, D.C. ruled that Kentucky and Arkansas can't tell people

0:52.6

that they have to work or train for work or volunteer somewhere in order to stay on

0:57.2

Medicaid.

0:58.4

The Trump administration has been pushing for this kind of work requirement for Medicaid

1:01.9

for over a year now.

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