{"id":40106,"date":"2025-08-20T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/scs-medicaid-dilemma-will-work-requirement-expansion-get-federal-approval-wspa-7-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:00:26","slug":"scs-medicaid-dilemma-will-work-requirement-expansion-get-federal-approval-wspa-7-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/scs-medicaid-dilemma-will-work-requirement-expansion-get-federal-approval-wspa-7-news\/","title":{"rendered":"SC\u2019s Medicaid Dilemma: Will Work-Requirement Expansion Get Federal Approval? | WSPA 7 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-2TsT7BXwI?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is seeking federal approval to partially expand Medicaid and help close the state\u2019s long-standing coverage gap. The proposed Section 1115 waiver would offer Medicaid to some low-income parents\u2014but only if they work or study at least 80 hours per month. Critics warn this could create new obstacles for those in unstable jobs, while supporters say it\u2019s a step toward greater health and financial security. <\/p>\n<p>WSPA 7 News State House reporter Caroline Yaffa explains what\u2019s at stake for South Carolina families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is seeking federal approval to partially expand Medicaid and help close the state\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}