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If you care about poverty and the social safety net in the US, please read this important piece on Administrative Burden from @emilymbadger & @sangerkatz in the @nytimes. It supports the case that @ideas42's Economic Justice team has been making for years.
@emilymbadger @sangerkatz @nytimes @ideas42 To wit: if we want to genuinely help people living with low incomes, we should make the social safety net easier to access, more generous, and more humane. See @ideas42's "Poverty Interrupted" white paper where we lay out 3 behavioral design principles: ideas42.org/wp-content/upl…
@emilymbadger @sangerkatz @nytimes @ideas42 Part of the problem with the punitive and suspicious nature of our approach to social policy in the US is that we have inaccurate beliefs about what drives human choice and action, especially for folks living without a lot of money. We propose a different view: 
This @NEJM article on the Arkansas #Medicaid work requirements is....jarring
Cliff Notes version is Work Requirements:
- Significantly ⬇️ health insurance coverage
- Did NOT ⬆️ employment
A quick THREAD for more
#WorkRequirementsDontWork #mnleg (1/)
Cliff Notes version is Work Requirements:
- Significantly ⬇️ health insurance coverage
- Did NOT ⬆️ employment
A quick THREAD for more
#WorkRequirementsDontWork #mnleg (1/)
Among a survey of predominately rural Arkansas residents they found that >92% of the respondents — & nearly 97% btw 30 - 49 years of age — were ALREADY MEETING the community engagement requirement
#WorkRequirementsDontWork (2/)
#WorkRequirementsDontWork (2/)
Only 49.3% of those told they needed to report work were doing so.
Most common reason for not reporting?
A belief that they were not meeting the requirement (40.4%).
But looking at their other responses indicated that all of the respondents DID satisfy the requirements. (3/)
Most common reason for not reporting?
A belief that they were not meeting the requirement (40.4%).
But looking at their other responses indicated that all of the respondents DID satisfy the requirements. (3/)
