3127.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
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| The 1996 federal welfare reform legislation was intended to provide incentives to move welfare recipients into the workforce, while keeping the Medicaid program intact. Evidence suggests that the legislation has been successful in moving people into the workforce, but that it has had unintended and negative effects on health coverage for low-income families. Health insurance coverage is associated with access to health care services and health status. It is therefore important to better understand the health consequences of welfare reform and to promote research and policy to alleviate those consequences. This session will: 1) explore how welfare reform affects the health of former welfare populations, 2) analyze state-level policies for expanding health coverage to low-income families, and 3) develop an advocacy agenda for research and policy | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Alina Salganicoff, PhD | ||||
| Amal J. Khoury, PhD, MPH | ||||
| Predictors of health insurance coverage after a welfare exit Julie Hudman, PhD | ||||
| Health Effects of Welfare Reform in an Urban Setting Usha R. Ranji, MS, Margie Schaps, MPH | ||||
| Federal and state policy options for assuring coverage of low-income women in light of welfare reform Jocelyn Guyer | ||||
| Sponsor: | Medical Care | |||
| Cosponsors: | Environment; Labor Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | |||