Commentary: As Predicted, Eligible Arkansas Medicaid Beneficiaries Struggling to Meet Rigid Work Requirements
End Notes
[1] Max Brantley, “Work Rule ‘works’ in first month report; 26 percent flunk,” Arkansas Times, July 13, 2018, https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/07/13/work-rule-works-in-first-month-report-26-percent-flunk.
[2] MaryBeth Musumeci, Rachel Garfield, and Robin Rudowitz, “Medicaid and Work Requirements: New Guidance, State Waiver Details and Key Issues,” Kaiser Family Foundation, https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-and-work-requirements-new-guidance-state-waiver-details-and-key-issues/, Hannah Katch, Jennifer Wagner, and Aviva Aron-Dine, “Medicaid Work Requirements Will Reduce Low-Income Families’ Access to Care and Worsen Health Outcomes,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 8, 2018, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/medicaid-work-requirements-will-reduce-low-income-families-access-to-care-and-worsen.
[3] Jennifer Wagner and Judith Solomon, “States’ Complex Medicaid Waivers Will Create Costly Bureaucracy and Harm Eligible Beneficiaries,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 23, 2018, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/states-complex-medicaid-waivers-will-create-costly-bureaucracy-and-harm-eligible.
[4] Jennifer Wagner, “Arkansas Medicaid Waiver Will Mean More Enrollees Lose Coverage,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, updated June 14, 2018, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/arkansas-medicaid-waiver-will-mean-more-enrollees-lose-coverage.
[5] Anuj Gangopadhyaya et al., “Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas,” Urban Institute, May 24, 2018, https://www.urban.org/research/publication/medicaid-work-requirements-arkansas/view/full_report.
[6] Rachel Garfield, Robin Rudowitz, and MaryBeth Musumeci, “Implications of a Medicaid Work Requirement: National Estimates of Potential Coverage Losses,” Kaiser Family Foundation, June 27, 2018, https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/implications-of-a-medicaid-work-requirement-national-estimates-of-potential-coverage-losses/.
[7] Associated Press, “7,000 People Fail to Meet Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement,” New York Times, July 13, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/07/13/us/ap-us-medicaid-arkansas.html.