From the CBPP: The Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements on Children

When parents have health insurance, their children are more likely to be insured. That’s a big reason why the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid for parents significantly increased children’s health coverage, helping drive the uninsured rate for children to a historic low of 4.5 percent in 2016. But a new Trump Administration policy lets states take Medicaid coverage away from people who fail to work. This policy threatens gains in health coverage and access to care for parents and their children. Not only does Medicaid help parents of children, but it also helps schools. In a recent survey of 1,000 school superintendents, 57 percent of districts reporting said that they’d have trouble meeting special education mandates without Medicaid funding. Medicaid helps children in their families and in school. Harsh new work requirements and threats to Medicaid funding could take away this crucial support. Read: How Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Children   Download the PDF (2pp) Read: Medicaid Continues to Help Schools Help Children