Issue Brief
No. 732
Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Medicaid: An Update
February 26, 1999
Author
Judith D. Moore
Summary
Welfare reform, enacted in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), had a profound impact on the Medicaid program, delinking Medicaid from the new TANF program and for the first time allowing Medicaid eligibility to be divorced from welfare status. This paper reviews the national impact of this decoupling, describing research, implementation activities, and the impact of new state welfare programs on health programs in general.
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See also the entry for the related Forum Session (February 26, 1999).
