Medicaid waiver proposal for Oklahoma Medicaid beneficiaries would harm low-income families with children

Medicaid waiver proposal for Oklahoma Medicaid beneficiaries would harm low-income families with children

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families issuing body.
Oklahoma Policy Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, January 2019
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Eligibility Determination
Employment
Insurance Coverage
Medicaid
Poverty
Oklahoma
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Key Findings. (1) Oklahoma's proposal doesn't address the most important question: how many parents and children may lose coverage. Our estimate is that approximately 4,000 to 13,000 parents could lose coverage and that number would grow over time. (2) The new work reporting requirements would predominantly affect Oklahoma's poorest mothers. The impact could hit hardest in Oklahoma's small towns and rural communities, where parents are more likely to receive Medicaid and where jobs are harder to find. (3) Even if these parents work more hours, they are unlikely to have an offer of health coverage from their employers, so will likely become uninsured. Only 19 percent of Oklahoma adults living in poverty receive employer-sponsored insurance. (4) The loss of coverage for parents would affect their children. Oklahoma's rate of uninsured children is one of the highest in the nation and it is already on the rise. The state's proposal would worsen this trend.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101770636 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101770636