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Trump's Medicaid work requirements are aimed at stigmatizing the poor and the working class and undermining a critical part of our social safety-net that, much to radical conservatives dismay, has only grown in popularity. 1/

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Research by @renutip in Michigan has shown that most Medicaid recipients do work and those who don't ( yellow bar below) have good reason not to. 2/
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Medicaid recipients who didn't work in MI:
> 66% chronic physical illness.
> 35 % diagnosed with a mental illness.
> 25% physical or mental condition interfered with their ability to function at least half of the time.
h/t @dylanlscott 3/

Again, Trump's Medicaid work requirements are purely political, an unfair attack on the poor and on a popular health care program. We should be expanding it, not limiting it. Short list of the benefits of expansion: 4/

Medicaid expansion saved 50,000 people from bankruptcy in 2 years
marketwatch.com/story/medicaid… 5/

Medicaid expansion increased early cancer detection, saving lives. wesa.fm/post/medicaid-… 6/

Medicaid expansion increases pediatric preventive care for children, saving lives. .
pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/… 7/

Medicaid expansion increased smoking cessation, saving lives.
journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcar… 8/

Medicaid expansion helps keep (especially rural) hospitals open, saving lives. (and jobs).
upr.org/post/hospitals… 9/

Medicaid expansion reduced payday borrowing, keeping families out of devastating debt.
healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13… 10/

Medicaid expansion has been critical to fighting the opioid epidemic
aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/p… 11/11