How much paperwork is too much paperwork? Why proposed Medicaid "work requirements" will decrease employment and increase the number of people without health insurance

Raising teenagers can be challenging. Now, some powerful members of the United States Senate want to make things harder for low income parents of children aged fourteen and older by quadrupling the paperwork they are required to complete to maintain access to healthcare through Medicaid coverage.

How much paperwork is too much paperwork?

This is complicated issue and so we have a compiled a few resources to help people learn more about what is being proposed.

Articles about the budget reconciliation bill in the Senate:

• AP:  Senate Republicans seek tougher Medicaid cuts and lower SALT deduction in Trump’s big bill
• Politico:  Senate GOP rethinks tax cuts, Medicaid overhaul in Trump’s megabill
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:  Senate Finance Committee Proposal Would Leave Millions Uninsured

Data on effectiveness of Medicaid work requirements

• KFF:  Implementing Work Requirements on a National Scale: What We Know from State Waiver Experience
• Commonwealth Fund:  How National Medicaid Work Requirements Would Lead to Large-Scale Job Losses, Harm State Economies, and Strain Budgets
• Third Way:  Why Work Requirements in Medicaid Won’t Work​

OPPOSE MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS