Adding a work requirement to Medicaid is a bad idea

Bill Gardner

May 5, 2015

Some red states are considering whether they should accept the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, but only if they can get a waiver from the federal government allowing them to attach a requirement that recipients have or seek paid employment. In The New Republic, I offer five reasons why this is a terrible idea.

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Bill Gardner

I am a child psychologist and statistician. I hold the Senior Research Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Ottawa, ON), among other positions. Our research group focuses on the population mental health of children and adolescents and how we can improve it. In July of 2020, I was diagnosed with throat cancer, and I have been writing about that experience.

Adding a work requirement to Medicaid is a bad idea

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