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Great review essay by Jake Haselswerdt in @The_JOP. Jake reviews @EricPatashnik et al's "Unhealthy Politics," my book "Fragmented Democracy," & Robert P. Saldin's "When Bad Policy Makes Good Politics." A must read for health policy folks. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/70…
Michigan is shamelessly attempting to design Medicaid work requirements to disproportionately burden Black beneficiaries. Whether or not this policy is ultimately implemented, please know that it points to larger patterns in the experiences of Black Medicaid beneficiaries. 
A Black woman I interviewed in Michigan 5 yrs ago: “if you’re white & you have Medicaid…you are looked upon with more sympathy...it's ‘she’s going through a hard time right now'…If it’s us…then we’re looking for a hand out…& we are treated as such”
Black #Medicaid beneficiaries know exactly what the deal is b/c their experiences inform them. Policies like we are seeing in MI right now fit into a larger set of processes that ultimately undermine equality & democratic citizenship, especially 4 Black folk #FragmentedDemocracy
1/ Interesting @TCFdotorg report about ballot access & health policy. Some good stuff & lots of poli sci citations. It's worth noting that these grafs reflect precisely what I find in chap 4 of #FragmentedDemocracy
2/ Drawing on pre-ACA data (indeed, health politics & policy were happening pre-ACA), I find that Medicaid beneficiaries living in states that expanded benefits were more likely to participate in politics, while those living in sates that reduced them were less likely to do so
3/ But I want to make an important note about my approach to this kind of work. While I draw on survey data & offer quant analyses in #FragmentedDemocracy, I also make a point of highlighting & centering the voices, experiences & perspectives of Medicaid beneficiaries.
