Kevin McCarthy's plan for raising the debt ceiling would require Medicaid recipients to work 80 hours per month.
for raising the debt ceiling Wednesday, and it includes Medicaid work requirements.
The measure would require Medicaid recipients to work 80 hours per month. There are a number of exceptions, though, including for people with dependent children, those under age 19 or 56 or over, or individuals enrolled in an educational program.that work requirements encourage people to get jobs to lift themselves out of poverty.about the policy's implementation in Arkansas found no increase in employment and 18,000 people who lost coverage before a judge halted the program.
In addition, more than 6 out of 10 non-elderly people on Medicaid who weren't eligible because of a disability were already working before the pandemic,: Democrats strongly oppose Medicaid work requirements, as well as many other non-health care parts of this bill. The Democratic Senate is certainly not going to pass it as it is, but the package shows what policy priorities Republicans will bring into any debt limit talks.
The bill also includes the REINS Act, a GOP measure that would require congressional approval of all major regulations — also a sure nonstarter with the White House and the Democratic Senate.version of this story was published first on
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