VPR Director of Operations Sean Bielawski talks with co-host Audrey McClurg (MPP '21) about how she became interested in health policy and her experience with the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (2:00). Sean and Audrey then speak with Batten Professor Adam Leive (10:45) about his research around the impact of work requirements on SNAP participation and labor supply, healthcare, and COVID's potential impact on social welfare programs.

Related Reading

Employed in a SNAP? The Impact of Work Requirements on Program Participation and Labor Supply (link)

Medicaid Work Requirements – Results from the First Year in Arkansas (link)

Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program (link)

How Racism has Shaped Welfare Policy in America since 1935 (link)

Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform health Insurance Benefits (link)

Acknowledgments

Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Voiceover: Zach Mendez

Editing: Ben Feldman, Ben Teese & Sean Bielawski

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