(Washington DC) – Federal regulators should act urgently to prevent millions of people with low incomes from losing Medicaid coverage under new work requirements, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America said in a joint letter to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week.The agencies face a June 1 deadline to issue guidance to states on how to implement these new rules, which risk undermining the right to health and worsening inequality, according to new research conducted by Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America. The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will require most adults with low incomes and without dependents to document at least 80 hours per month of work, education, or related activities by the end of 2026 to maintain Medicaid coverage in the 40 states and the District of Columbia that  expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act.…