No Jargon Episode 310: The Politics Behind Medicaid

New Medicaid rules could make it harder for millions of Americans to keep their health coverage. Professor Jamila Michener (Cornell University) explains how work requirements, more frequent eligibility checks, and higher out-of-pocket costs could push eligible people off the program. Drawing on conversations with Medicaid recipients, she explores why politicians keep invoking fraud to justify cuts, why the people most affected have little say in how Medicaid works, and what it would take to change that. The No Jargon podcast presents interviews twice a month with America's top researchers on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. Powerful research, intriguing perspectives—and no jargon. Explore more No Jargon podcast episodes at scholars.org/nojargon.