Featuring Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Over the last few months, you’ve probably heard about a few states making changes to their Medicaid programs that will require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work. This is a major policy shift which could have profound consequences – and we’re going to talk about it today. We talk about what the changes might mean in terms of people losing coverage, how the requirements may be operationalized, ethical concerns for medical professionals, and the current situation with some of the many lawsuits filed against these policies, in particular Stewart vs. Azar.
Our guest is Sara Rosenbaum, JD. Professor Rosenbaum is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy and Founding Chair of the Department of Health Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Professor Rosenbaum has devoted her career to issues of health justice for populations who are medically underserved as a result of race, poverty, disability, or cultural exclusion and is a nationally known expert on Medicaid. You can find the Health Affairs blog that we referenced in our conversation here.