New BMJ Research finds the implementation of work requirements with Medicaid expansion in Georgia did not increase health insurance coverage or employment.

These findings have important implications after recently enacted legislation
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7/ Huge thank you to Simar Bajaj and @nytimes.com for their coverage and important insights into our work

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

6/ The One Big Beautiful Bill Act mandates Medicaid work requirements nationwide, starting next year

As states prepare to implement work requirements, they should take steps to prevent eligible adults from losing coverage

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5/ Compared to traditional Medicaid expansion, Georgia's Pathways to Coverage decreased Medicaid coverage and did not increase employment

Our findings suggest that work requirements hindered Medicaid enrollment without generating gains in employment

4/ Using a difference-in-differences design and data from the US Census Bureau, we compared Georgia to neighboring states that haven't expanded Medicaid

Medicaid coverage and employment did not increase in Georgia in the first 15 months compared to non-expansion states

3/ In 2023, Georgia launched Pathways to Coverage, which expanded Medicaid eligibility to adults with low incomes

But there was a catch: enrollees had to report at least 80 hours per month of employment, community service, or higher education

www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/u...

2/ So grateful for my incredible co-first author Stephen Mein, outstanding mentor @rkwadhera.bsky.social, and the inimitable team of Lucas Marinacci and Michael Liu

Medicaid work requirements will soon be mandatory nationwide

Our new @bmj.com study shows that in Georgia - the only state to expand Medicaid with work requirements - work requirements impeded gains in Medicaid coverage without increasing employment

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In this national study, #heartfailure outcomes didn’t improve after private equity hospital acquisitions, despite a 📉 in the clinical risk of patients. Transfer-outs nearly doubled for Black adults with HF. www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

#ARM25 #JACC @danielyjohnson.bsky.social @rkwadhera.bsky.social

In @jaccjournals.bsky.social, we find that after private equity firms acquired hospitals, clinical risk ⬇️ & catheterizations ⬆️ among patients w/ heart failure, but outcomes didn't improve

Big thanks to @rkwadhera.bsky.social, Michael, Andrew, and Vicky!

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Our new JAMA Cardiology study finds that many US adults don't know that they have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol

Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition.

bit.ly/45an6MC #medsky #cardiosky

Our new study in JAMA Cardiology finds that from 2013-2023, an increasing proportion of US adults were unaware that they had hypertension, especially young adults and women

Huge thanks to 🌟 mentors @rkwadhera.bsky.social and Lucas Marinacci

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After the end of emergency allotments, there were increases in food insecurity and poor physical health days among SNAP participants.

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Our new @jama.com study finds that the end of the largest-ever increase in SNAP benefits led to a rapid ⬆️ in food insecurity and poor physical health

Grateful to lead this with Michael Liu under 🌟 mentor @rkwadhera.bsky.social

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Congress has proposed deep cuts to SNAP, which provides nutritional benefits to >40 million Americans

Our new @jama.com study finds that ⬇️ SNAP benefits not only ⬆️ food insecurity, but also leads to significant ⬆️ poor physical health #medsky

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