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Title: Virginia COMPASS Program Leading State Down the Wrong Path for Health Care
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: Close to 400,000 adults across Virginia now have access to comprehensive health coverage due to the state’s decision in 2018 to expand Medicaid. This marked an important step towards providing a health insurance option to families with low incomes throughout Virginia. However,the federal government could very well come to an agreement with state officials any day now that will lead to between 26,800 and 74,000 people losing health coverage in Virginia. The program, known as “Creating Opportunities for Medicaid Participants to Achieve Self-Sufficiency” (COMPASS), will negatively impact families with low incomes, especially those newly eligible for Medicaid. That is because, as part of the program, the state will soon be able to take away health coverage from people who do not meet the state’s work reporting requirement, including those who get caught up in the red tape of reporting their hours...
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Authors: Mejia, Freddy; Kenneth, Ashley C.; Cassidy, Michael J.
Publisher: The Commonwealth Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Population Health and Health Systems
Countries: United States