Welfare reform took people off the rolls; it might have also shortened their lives (blog)
Welfare reform took people off the rolls; it might have also shortened their lives (blog)
- June 18, 2013
- Research by Marianne Bitler, economics professor, is featured in the Washington Post June 18, 2013
From the Washington Post:
It’s hardly a big leap to think that increases in extreme poverty could lead to increases
in mortality, but other studies on the health effect of welfare reform are mixed.
In 2008, UC Davis’s Hilary Hoynes and UC Irvine’s Marianne Bitler summarized the
literature as concluding, “welfare reform led to reduction in health insurance coverage,
with small and often insignificant impacts on health care utilization and health status.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/18/welfare-refor....
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