Equal Voice Newspaper
By: Paul Nyhan
Alabama has joined a growing number of states proposing new work rules for Medicaid recipients, a move that will hit mothers, Black residents and rural families of all backgrounds harder than most, and threaten health coverage for up to 8,700 parents in 2018, advocates say.
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The new work rules would create new barriers to health care, while not addressing other barriers that prevent families from lifting themselves out of poverty, such as job training and child care costs, according to a report released on March 20 by the Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University and Arise.
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