Medicaid Not Worth the Paperwork
Vox reports on a new study finding that the new Medicaid work requirements being put into effect in some states seem to lower medicaid participance but not increase employment participation. Here is a tidbit that was quoted in the Vox article:
"Using a timely survey of low-income adults, we find that Arkansas’s implementation of the nation’s first work requirements in Medicaid in 2018 was associated with significant losses in health insurance coverage in the policy’s initial six months but no significant change in employment. Lack of awareness and confusion about the reporting requirements were common, which may explain why thousands of individuals lost coverage even though more than 95% of the target population appeared to meet the requirements or qualify for an exemption."
People poor enough to qualify for Medicaid are either unable or unwilling to even figure out the new paper work requirements, even if it means they'll lose their healthcare. Of course, Medicaid offers really low quality health coverage for whatever that's worth.
"Using a timely survey of low-income adults, we find that Arkansas’s implementation of the nation’s first work requirements in Medicaid in 2018 was associated with significant losses in health insurance coverage in the policy’s initial six months but no significant change in employment. Lack of awareness and confusion about the reporting requirements were common, which may explain why thousands of individuals lost coverage even though more than 95% of the target population appeared to meet the requirements or qualify for an exemption."
People poor enough to qualify for Medicaid are either unable or unwilling to even figure out the new paper work requirements, even if it means they'll lose their healthcare. Of course, Medicaid offers really low quality health coverage for whatever that's worth.
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