Welfare Reform
The Center was at the forefront of analyzing the impact of welfare reform on the health system generally and the Medicaid program, specifically. CHSRP's research projects have grown out of its early and groundbreaking analysis of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Specific research topics include:
- Analysis of welfare reform legislation's impact on health care access;
- Effect of welfare and immigration reform on immigrants access to Medicaid and health care services;
- Impact of welfare reform on Medi-Cal enrollment and policies to encourage enrollment;
- State compliance with Medicaid requirements in welfare reforms; and
- Stigma's impact on Medicaid enrollment.
