After passing the Trump tax cuts late last year, the White House revealed that immigration, welfare reform and the administration’s nascent infrastructure plan would be its top priorities in 2018.
And while lawmakers say they’re close to a tentative immigration compromise to preserve DACA protections by packaging them with a border-security package that will presumably include some funding for the president’s promised border wall, the White House is already starting its crackdown on Medicaid.
To wit, the administration issued guidance early Thursday that will force people trying to collect Medicaid that they are working, or preparing to work. The policy change, according to the Washington Post, is the biggest blow to Medicaid in the program’s 50-year history.
However, it’s widely expected that any attempts to implement this policy will be met with a court challenge by the states, which administer Medicaid, and advocacy groups.
To be sure, 10 states are already lined up to adopt the new policy. They’re just waiting for federal permission to impose work requirements on able-bodied adults in the medicaid program.
More
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
4 comments:
For everything we take we must do our best to give something back.
People Medicaid should forfeit part of their tax returns or gov benefits at least thirty dollars a year or more per person..and it should be put into a fund to keep it going. Not able to be raided like social security which is a tradegdy
The government has no idea what condition people on medicaid are in. That was proven when they did this with food stamps. people were completely unable to work, and the vetting was no done properly, because it cost more than the program as it is itself. This will cost the U.S. and local government more to enforce than they will save. And it will hurt alot of older people and those sick that don't get vetted, just cut off.
Oh no what is that "other" local blogger going to do!?
Post a Comment