It took Crystal Strickland years to qualify for Medicaid, which she needs for a heart condition. Strickland, who's unable to work due to her condition, chafed when she learned that the U.S. House has passed a bill that would impose a work requirement for many able-bodied people to get health insurance coverage through the low-cost,

Medicaid expansion was a recognition that low-income Americans of all ages need, and deserve, health insurance, and that such a step is essential to a properly functioning health care system. Forcing states to knock down the very health equity foundation they have built would truly be a “shift in kind.

Millions on Medicaid fear losing coverage as Congress weighs new work requirements—sparking concern over real-life consequences.