Medicaid Work Requirements: Do They Work?

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Abstract: There has never been a consensus in the United States as to whether healthcare is a human right, as evidenced by the fierce political debate that continues over the Affordable Care Act. Most recently this debate has centered on attaching conditions to Medicaid coverage. Most prominently among these are Medicaid work requirements, which arise out of the misguided idea that people on Medicaid use it as a way to avoid work and that Medicaid actively discourages them from working. In reality, a significant majority of people on Medicaid are either unable to work or are already working. Work requirements lead to large coverage losses, more often due to an inability to properly document their hours, rather than a failure to meet the requirements. This creates a vulnerable uninsured population, who are unable to get necessary health care. Medicaid work requirements thus negatively impact the health of low-income individuals, while states spend more money to cover fewer people.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 5, 2019

Subject	Medicaid
Subject	work requirements
Subject	health policy
Subject	Stanford University Community Health and Prevention Master's Program
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pb340bp0996

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Preferred Citation: Himmelberger, Addison. Medicaid Work Requirements: Do They Work?. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/pb340bp0996

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