Proposals to scale back Medicaid work requirements in Georgia and Arkansas — the only two states to have implemented such conditions — reveal the disconnect between rhetoric behind such programs and the realities of running them,

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated their policy goal as, “to have Medicaid serve as a safety net rather than a poverty trap.”

Experts say states' scaling back of work requirement proposals could serve as a cautionary tale for Republicans across the country.