If so-called Medicaid work requirements were instituted nationally, 2.8% of current enrollees would no longer be eligible for coverage and financial savings would be slim, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The research was published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
In a September 10, 2018 Medpage Today article, authors of the study, led by Anna Goldman, a general medicine fellow in the Department of Health Policy and Management, warned that if Medicaid work requirement policies are not correctly applied, people who are eligible for coverage but can’t provide proper documentation may lose coverage.
“If spillover loss of coverage is the primary mechanism by which work requirements decrease Medicaid enrollment and spending, these savings would likely come at substantial cost in terms of human health,” the study said.
Read the Medpage Today article: Medicaid Work Requirements Would Net 1% in Savings