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Why Work Requirements Will Not Improve Medicaid
My research reinforces prior findings that Medicaid work requirements will not make anyone healthier. These rules will create confusing bureaucratic red tape and prevent low-income Americans from getting the care they need.

Episode 136: (Paper)Work Requirements
Americans can’t agree on how to fix our troubled healthcare system. Some states are pushing one idea — require people on Medicaid to work. Professor Philip Rocco explains what’s behind these requirements, what they would mean for people on Medicaid, and why they should really be called paperwork requirements.
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Themes in Moynihan's writings include how bureaucracy, confusing paperwork, and complex regulations introduce delay and frustration into our experiences with government agencies.
Rocco's research examines the political economy of policy expertise. He teaches courses on American politics, the policymaking process, and the politics of numbers.
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