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Navigating the Social Safety Net: A State‐Level Analysis of the Relationship between Medicaid and Consumer Bankruptcy
Author(s) -
Yarbrough Amy K.,
Landry Robert J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00242.x
Subject(s) - safety net , medicaid , bankruptcy , variety (cybernetics) , government (linguistics) , business , state (computer science) , state government , politics , public economics , public administration , political science , local government , economic growth , finance , economics , law , health care , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science
The social safety net in the United States consists of a variety of programs administered by both federal and state governments. Although the populations served by social programs such as Medicaid and consumer bankruptcy likely overlap, policymakers tend to look at individual programs unilaterally and often fail to communicate appropriately with legislators and political leaders at differing levels of government. The result of such an incremental approach to policy reform is a fragmented social safety net system in the United States. In this study, the relationship between two social programs belonging to the larger social safety net is examined, and recommendations for policymakers are offered.