Many adults targeted by Medicaid work requirements face barriers to sustained employment
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Policy brief (Urban Institute. Health Reform Monitoring Survey)
- Author(s):
- Karpman, Michael, author
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, May 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Eligibility Determination Employment Medicaid United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- At a Glance. (1) Medicaid enrollees who would potentially be subject to work requirements (i.e., "nonexempt") disproportionately face employment barriers, such as lack of a high school degree, health problems, limited transportation and internet access, criminal records, and residence in high-unemployment neighborhoods. (2) Likely reflecting these barriers, fewer than one in six potentially nonexempt Medicaid enrollees reported working at least 20 hours per week for all or nearly all weeks in the past year, compared with over three in five privately insured adults. (3) Half of nonexempt Medicaid enrollees reported issues related to the labor market or nature of employment (e.g., difficulty finding work, restricted work schedules) as reasons for not working more, and over one-quarter reported health reasons.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101772236 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772236