Streamlining Government

How proposed cuts to federal Medicaid funding would create insurmountable deficits in state budgets that would decimate the program’s ability to function – even for Medicaid recipients lucky enough to retain coverage.

This paper uses qualitative evidence to make the case that government agencies can cultivate more responsive, effective, and democracy-enhancing social programs by more consistently and thoughtfully engaging the people they serve.

Real-time data connections and modern eligibility rules engines open a pathway to state processes to automatically enroll and retain eligible persons in government-backed health coverage.