The Affordable Care Act and the Diffusion of Policy Feedback: The Case of Medicaid Work Requirements

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dc.contributor.authorFording, Richard C.
dc.contributor.authorPatton, Dana
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-24T18:23:28Z
dc.date.available2021-05-24T18:23:28Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractOver the last five years, many states have sought to limit access to Medicaid by adopting restrictive policies. How can we reconcile this development with studies that imply that Medicaid should be insulated from policy backlash? The answer lies in understanding the policy feedback effects that accompanied Medicaid expansion and how these effects created electoral pressure that led to policy modification. We situate our expectations within a policy diffusion framework that accounts for variation in both the content and timing of policy adoptions across states. We develop and test several hypotheses using survey data and an original dataset on gubernatorial support for Medicaid work requirements. Our hypotheses are generally supported and provide a more nuanced understanding of the policy feedback effects following Medicaid expansion.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationFording, R., Patton, D. (2020): The Affordable Care Act and the Diffusion of Policy Feedback: The Case of Medicaid Work Requirements. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 6(2).
dc.identifier.doi10.7758/RSF.2020.6.2.06
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0341-5431
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/7728
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherRussell Sage Foundation
dc.subjectpolicy feedback
dc.subjectMedicaid
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjectObamacare
dc.subjectAffordable Care Act
dc.subjectpolicy diffusion
dc.subjectPUBLIC-OPINION
dc.subjectHEALTH-CARE
dc.subjectPOLITICS
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectREFORM
dc.subjectEXPANSION
dc.subjectEVOLUTION
dc.subjectIMPACT
dc.subjectLIMITS
dc.subjectSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary
dc.subjectSocial Sciences - Other Topics
dc.titleThe Affordable Care Act and the Diffusion of Policy Feedback: The Case of Medicaid Work Requirementsen_US
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