About 50% Of Michigan’s Medicaid Expansion Program Enrollees Are Employed

Approximately 50% of Michigan’s Medicaid Expansion Program enrollees are employed. Of the quarter who were out of work, about 33% are likely to have poor health. Of the respondents who are out of work, a high proportion (35.3%) have a mental health condition.

These findings were presented in “Employment Status and Health Characteristics of Adults With Expanded Medicaid Coverage in Michigan," by Renuka Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc.; Susan D. Goold, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A.; and John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P. The researchers conducted a telephone survey of Michigan Medicaid expansion . . .