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NAMI: Arkansas' work rules trigger health coverage losses, poor outcomes
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31684
Subject(s) - medicaid , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , mental health , environmental health , business , public administration , political science , medicine , law , engineering , health care , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The federal government's Medicaid work requirements that make employment a condition of eligibility for Medicaid coverage continue to stir up controversy, more recently in Arkansas, which has cut more than 12,000 individuals from the program as a result of not meeting federal work reporting requirements. Mental health advocates are challenging the rule and filed an amicus brief in a Washington, D.C., federal court last month.