Medicaid work requirements - Results from the first year in Arkansas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 381, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1073-1082

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a,b   Goldman, Anna L ^a,c   Blendon, Robert J ^a   John Orav, E ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARKANSAS; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85072133397     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1901772     Document Type: Article

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