What providers and medicaid policymakers need to know about barriers to employment for people with disabilities.
Medicaid Buy-Ins provide a new and exciting opportunity for people with disabilities to engage in meaningful employment while maintaining Medicaid coverage. Through interviews with participants in the Kansas Medicaid Buy-In, we examined perceived external influences on the decision to acquire or increase employment by people with disabilities. Two major external barriers were identified. First, physicians, therapists and case workers had frequently discouraged participants from getting jobs or increasing employment levels. Difficulty accessing adequate and consistent medical care and/or medications through Medicaid was also an issue in preventing participants from being able to acquire or increase employment.
Hall
Jean P
JP
Division of Adult Studies, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, 1122 West Campus Road, Lawrence, KS 66045-3101, USA.
Fox
Michael H
MH
D000328:Adult; D019090:Case Management; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005252:Fees, Pharmaceutical; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012943:Social Security; D012947:Social Work