Able-Bodied, Unemployed Adults Have Overrun the Medicaid Program

Able-Bodied, Unemployed Adults Have Overrun the Medicaid Program

Medicaid – a program designed to help pregnant women, the disabled, the elderly, and children – has become overrun with able-bodied, unemployed adults. Today, a plurality of Medicaid spending goes towards able-bodied adults, with 62 percent of them not working, seeking education/training, nor volunteering. Not only does this push Medicaid spending into overdrive, but it depresses employment, subverts care away from those who need it most, and is…