June 1, 2026

Kaufman presents work on disability and home care needs at AcademyHealth conference

Senior research associate Jennie Kaufman presented a poster titled “Medicaid plays critical role in supplementing informal care for older disabled workers” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference in Seattle on June 1, 2026. This study examines how paid and unpaid care use differs between beneficiaries of Supplementary Security Income (SSI), which qualifies the recipient for Medicaid, and beneficiaries of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), which does not.