Efforts to Transform the Nature of Medicaid Could Undermine Access to Reproductive Health Care

HIGHLIGHTS Conservative policymakers are pursuing unprecedented changes to Medicaid, such as adding work requirements, time limits and mandatory drug testing. The conservative vision for Medicaid runs counter to the program ’s role as a pillar of the health insurance system designed around the health needs and economic reality of low-income U.S. residents. New limits on, and barriers to, Medicaid coverage would interfere with people’s ability to access reproductive health care and take care of themselves and their families.
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news