GOP use debt ceiling bill to push work requirements for millions receiving Medicaid and food stamps

[ProudMNDemocrat]

IMHO, this is CRUEL. This will be DOA in the Senate as well a Veto by Biden is necessary.

Source:CNN

House Republicans are using the debt ceiling standoff to advocate for one of their longstanding goals – requiring more low-income Americans to work in order to receive government benefits, particularly food stamps and Medicaid.

They see work requirements as a twofer, allowing them to reduce government spending, while bolstering the nation’s labor force at a time when many businesses are still struggling to staff up.

Under the package, childless, able-bodied adults ages 18 to 55 could get food stamps for only three months out of every three years unless they are employed at least 20 hours a week or meet other criteria. Currently, that mandate applies to those ages 18 to 49, though it has been suspended during the Covid-19 public health emergency, which expires next month.

Estimates on how many people this would affect vary. In an analysis released Monday, the Congressional Budget Office said that 275,000 folks, on average, would lose benefits each month because they fail to meet the requirement and are not otherwise exempt. Another 19,000 people would receive small benefits because of the new income they earn.

More at....https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/politics/work-requirements-food-stamps-medicaid-debt-ceiling/index.html

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. So when are MTG et al going to pay back their COVID loans?

[TheRealNorth]

2. When people starve, people will commit more crimes .....

and Republicans LOVE to rail on about crime.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Speaker McCarthy has a cut deal with the most extreme MAGA elements of his party."

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