Rachel Hoopsick & Jeni Hebert-Beirne

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Author Bio

Dr. Rachel Hoopsick an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Jeni Hebert-Beirne is a Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago and a researcher in the NIOSH-funded Center for Healthy Work. Both authors are Public Voices Fellows of The OpEd Project.

November 12, 2025

Real Threat to Dignity of Work?  Not Medicaid, It’s Policy

As the federal government is poised to end the longest shutdown in history, it is noteworthy that Rep. Erin Houcin (R-Ind.) recently claimed that reinstating Medicaid work requirements would restore the “dignity of work.” But there’s nothing…