Medicaid Work Requirements — Results from the First Year in Arkansas

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 381; no. 11; pp. 1073 - 1082
• Main Authors: Sommers, Benjamin D, Goldman, Anna L, Blendon, Robert J, Orav, E. John, Epstein, Arnold M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 12.09.2019
• Subjects: Age; Bias; Community service; Employment; Health insurance; Insurance coverage; Medicaid; Polls & surveys; Public health; Uninsured people; Louisiana; United States > US; Arkansas; Texas; Kentucky

Arkansas was among several states that implemented Medicaid work requirements. Results from surveys of low-income adults suggest that work requirements were associated with a decrease in the number of people in Arkansas with Medicaid coverage and an increase in the number without health insurance.