1. Changes in coverage, access, and health status among adults with cardiovascular disease after medicaid work requirements.
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Engel-Rebitzer E, Marinacci L, Zheng Z, and Wadhera RK
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- Humans, United States epidemiology, Male, Adult, Female, Middle Aged, Health Status, Employment statistics & numerical data, Poverty, Insurance, Health statistics & numerical data, Medicaid statistics & numerical data, Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology, Health Services Accessibility statistics & numerical data, Insurance Coverage statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Policymakers have intensified calls to expand work requirements in Medicaid across the United States, which could have implications for low-income adults who experience a high burden of cardiometabolic risk factors and disease. In this difference-in-differences analysis, we found that the implementation of Medicaid work requirements was associated with decreased health insurance coverage, no change in employment status, and a trend towards worse access to care. Our findings suggest that the expansion of work requirements could have major implications for the cardiovascular health of working-age adults in the US., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2025
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