Employed Medicaid recipients tend to work jobs with few benefits, which is why they need Medicaid.
Medicaid
The stress of housing instability and homelessness can worsen mental illness.
For conservatives opposed to tax hikes, balancing budgets needed to keep schools open and hospitals running in cash-strapped states is not easy. By placing work requirements on adults in state Medicaid programs that provide health coverage for low-income people, Republicans in 11 states could make that job even harder.
An immigrant holding a visa could be passed over for getting permanent residency if they use Medicaid.
What if we focused on whether the people at the top are working for their money?
The GOP policies assume people without jobs deserve to die.
The Tennessee legislature is finalizing legislation that would add work requirements to the state's Medicaid program.
We are all one job loss or one devastating accident away from needing a safety net.
The measure will go into effect June 1, 2018.
Millions of older Americans, as well as other low-income adults, to lose coverage.