Almost two-thirds of Medicaid-covered adults work

Those who can’t prove they work 80 hours a month or don’t have school, caregiving or a disability would not qualify for Medicaid under the House proposal.

Percent of Medicaid adults:
working full-time part time
not working due to caregiving school illness or disability other reason

Two stacked bar charts comparing the percent of California and all U.S. Medicaid adults working and not working for various reasons. About 63% of California and U.S. Medicaid adults work full-time or part-time.
Note: Medicaid-covered adults include 2023 enrollees, age 19 to 64, who did not receive benefits from Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance programs and are not also covered by Medicare.
Chart: Erica Yee, CalMatters Source: KFF analysis of Current Population Survey data Embed Download image