The article analyzes the impacts of Arkansas's Medicaid work requirements, finding that while coverage losses were reversed after the policy was halted, it did not improve employment and led to negative consequences such as increased medical debt and delayed care.
This report provides detailed guidance for states on how to verify compliance with and exemptions from Medicaid work reporting requirements established under H.R. 1.
This research article explores how framing income eligibility guidelines in either dollar amounts or as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) affects public attitudes toward program access and administrative burdens in Medicaid and SNAP.
Medicaid and SNAP have reduced racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare access and food security, but some administrative and eligibility policies continue to create inequitable barriers.
Eligible people struggle to maintain their case status for critical safety net services, often due to administrative hurdles and poor communication. Code for America piloted text message reminders to support Louisianans, which helped clients avoid costly churn. Text messages are an underrated, efficient solution for human service agencies to meet client expectations and improve case outcomes.
This brief provides a framework for states to align and coordinate work requirement implementation across SNAP and Medicaid following the passage of H.R. 1.
This discussion paper advocates for states to use the implementation of OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) as a catalyst to build integrated, cross-agency data systems.
This issue brief provides a comprehensive framework for state officials to monitor and evaluate the far-reaching impacts of the H.R.1 budget reconciliation bill on the Medicaid program.
This presentation focuses on data-driven and analytic strategies for identifying and verifying medical frailty exemptions within Medicaid work requirements.
This folder contains Medicaid work requirement implementation toolkit, including policy guidance, application templates, question libraries, and a digital prototype designed to help states integrate work requirement questions into Medicaid applications.
There were over 25 million Medicaid disenrollments in 2023, but national enrollment remained significantly above pre-pandemic levels at over 56 million, with notable state-level variations and near-recovery of child enrollment.
This report by EPIC investigates how automated decision-making (ADM) systems are used across Washington, D.C.’s public services and the resulting impacts on equity, privacy, and access to benefits.
