gmkenney
@gmkenney.bsky.social
Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute Health Policy Center. A health economist who studies Medicaid, health insurance coverage, health care affordability and access, and maternal, child, and repro health.
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Work requirements accomplish nothing but administrative waste and coverage losses.
A new analysis from Urban Institute researchers shows that a #Medicaid work requirement program implemented in Arkansas in 2018-2019 reduced the number of adults with #health insurance coverage and had no effect on #employment.
Learn more in an Urban Wire post.
Learn more in an Urban Wire post.
New Evidence Confirms Arkansas’s Medicaid Work Requirement Did Not Boost Employment
Arkansas’s 2018–19 Medicaid work requirement program reduced the number of adults with health insurance and had no effect on employment. A similar national policy could have the same result.
www.urban.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Work requirements accomplish nothing but administrative waste and coverage losses.
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Work led by @laura-b-smith.bsky.social with @claire-obrien.bsky.social, @gmkenney.bsky.social , and Keqin Wei. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social #HealthPolicy
April 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Work led by @laura-b-smith.bsky.social with @claire-obrien.bsky.social, @gmkenney.bsky.social , and Keqin Wei. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social #HealthPolicy
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In the 3 decades prior to the pandemic, gaps between black and white life expectancy narrowed, but progress was uneven across the states. We document here. Next step: Did policy produce these patterns? Stay tuned. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social @rwjf.bsky.social
www.urban.org/research/pub...
www.urban.org/research/pub...
State Variation in Black and White Life Expectancy and Evolving Disparities
In this brief, we quantify differences in life expectancy between and within non-Hispanic Black and white populations over time and across states.
www.urban.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In the 3 decades prior to the pandemic, gaps between black and white life expectancy narrowed, but progress was uneven across the states. We document here. Next step: Did policy produce these patterns? Stay tuned. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social @rwjf.bsky.social
www.urban.org/research/pub...
www.urban.org/research/pub...
For state estimates (including for kids) see www.urban.org/data-tools/h... (great to see you virtually Lisa!)
December 6, 2024 at 10:42 PM
For state estimates (including for kids) see www.urban.org/data-tools/h... (great to see you virtually Lisa!)
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@urbaninstitute.bsky.social has a great interactive out this week on what losses might look like by state: www.urban.org/data-tools/h...
November 15, 2024 at 8:38 PM
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social has a great interactive out this week on what losses might look like by state: www.urban.org/data-tools/h...