The White House unveiled its budget for fiscal year 2020 this week and it looks to be the most serious effort made to curtail spending on the nation’s non-defense-related programs to date.
“In the last two years, President Trump …
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A new study by the right-leaning Center for Immigration Studies found that the education levels for new immigrants has increased dramatically in the last decade, but employment and income have not kept pace by nearly as much.
The study found …
Continue ReadingOnline retail giant Amazon.com has announced that it will begin offering membership in its Prime shopping club at about a 50% discount to lower income Americans yesterday. The company announced it will offer Prime membership to Medicaid recipients at $5.99 …
Continue ReadingKentucky Governor Matt Bevin is countersuing a lawsuit challenging his authority to institute work requirements for the State’s Medicaid recipients.
The Trump administration announced earlier this year that it would allow states to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work, volunteer …
Continue ReadingFive states have applied for waivers from the Trump administration to put a lifetime cap on the Medicaid benefits individuals can receive. Maine, Arizona, Utah, Wisconsin and Kansas have asked the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, to place …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has approved a request by the state of Indiana to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to either work or volunteer at least twenty hours a week in order to receive benefits, it was announced yesterday.
The Trump administration …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has recently allowed states to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work if they are receiving benefits. The guidelines allow states to require Medicaid enrollees to work, volunteer or enroll in classes or work training. The administration is …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration announced this morning that it will allow states to require that able-bodied Medicaid enrollees work, volunteer or enroll in classes to receive benefits. The administration characterized it as a states issue rather than a directive from the …
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