The racial redlining in Michigan’s Medicaid work requirements – ThinkProgress

[ad_1] There are a lot of problems with work requirements for Medicaid. They aren’t necessary because the majority of people who can work, work already; they would increase the ranks of the uninsured ; and despite what supporters think, they wouldn’t actually pull people out of poverty  but could further hurl them into it. But there’s also another big issue: Medicaid work requirements could increase racial disparities in health care. Last week, the Michigan Senate passed legislation  that instructs the state to apply for a federal waive…