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Title: Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement: Impact on Mississippi’s Low-Income Families

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: African-American mothers and families living in Mississippi’s small towns and rural communities would be hardest hit by the work requirement the state is seeking to impose on some Medicaid recipients. These extremely poor parents would likely lose all health coverage, since few could afford private insurance. The proposal creates a lose/lose situation: If these parents don’t find work, they would lose Medicaid coverage. If they do work the required 20 hours a week, they would make too much to qualify for Medicaid in Mississippi. As many as 5,000 people would be removed from Medicaid in the first year alone, according to an analysis of state estimates. Parents losing health coverage would be bad news for their children, as well. Mississippi has reduced its rate of uninsured children significantly in the past few years. We don’t want to reverse that progress. When parents are uninsured, children tend to go to the doctor less frequently and lose their own coverage. The family is at greater financial risk for medical debt.

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Authors: Alker, Joan; Jordan, Phyllis; Pham, Olivia; Wagnerman, Karina

Publisher: The Georgetown Center on Children and Families

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health

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