Health Care and Insurance Loss of Working AFDC Recipients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9102189 |
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| Authors | Ira Moscovice (University of Minnesota), Gestur Davidson (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 413-425 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198705000-00005 |
| PMID | 3121950 |
| OpenAlex | W2160251754 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (OBRA) produced substantial changes in the Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The main effect of the changes has been the denial of assistance and hence Medicaid coverage to many AFDC recipients with jobs. Our analysis of the health care and insurance loss of working AFDC recipients in Hennepin County, Minnesota, found that the vast majority (87%) of families that were terminated from AFDC due to OBRA were able to remain off welfare and the majority (70% adults, 60% children) had private health insurance coverage 2 years later. These results highlight the dilemma facing state policymakers who want to develop successful programs to meet the health needs of the working poor, yet at the same time must cope with tight, short-term fiscal constraints
Actuarial science · Aid to Families with Dependent Children · Business · Demographic economics · Denial · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health insurance · Medicaid · Political science · Poverty · Welfare · Working poor · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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