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Title: The Impact of Alabama’s Proposed Medicaid Work Requirement on Low-Income Families with Children
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: 1. Alabama’s proposed work requirement and subsequent coverage losses would disproportionately affect mothers, African Americans and families living in rural communities. Many of these women will likely become uninsured as employersponsored insurance for lowwage workers is sparse. 2. The proposal creates a Catch-22: Any parent working the 20 to 35 hours required would make too much money to qualify for Medicaid—but likely not enough to afford private insurance. An analysis of the state’s estimates finds that 8,700 parents would be removed from Medicaid in the first year alone. 3. When their parents lose health coverage, children suffer. The families face increased debt, and children are less likely to visit the doctor regularly and more likely to become uninsured themselves. Children in these families are already disproportionately uninsured.
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Authors: Alker, Joan; Hope, Cathy; Jordan, Phyllis; Pham, Olivia; Wagnerman, Karina; Carnes, Jim; Sanders, Chris
Publisher: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health
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