House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) has urged President Biden to agree to: new work requirements Medicaid coverage and requirements for both the food stamp program Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and federal welfare now called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) were strengthened.
McCarthy describes the tougher labor requirements as “a red line”.
“We want to get people out of poverty and into employment. It’s only for able-bodied people with no dependents,” McCarthy said Monday night after meeting with Biden at the White House.
Biden, on the other hand, said: I do not agree with any policy that sacrifices people lose health insurance Or the one that “pulls Americans into poverty.”
Under the Republican proposal, Medicaid’s labor requirements are: 600,000 Americans An April analysis from the Congressional Budget Office said that primarily low- and middle-income individuals aged 19 to 56 who are able to work will lose their health care coverage.
The loss would come just as the state began removing ineligibles from its Medicaid roster for the first time in three years. “Relax” process. And many who lost coverage in states that had already initiated the process were excluded for procedural reasons, not because they were ineligible.
Both SNAP and TANF already have working requirements. For example, healthy adults aged 18 to 49 without dependents must work 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a work training program to receive assistance under SNAP.
Republicans want to extend the age limit to 65.
For TANF assistance, individuals must participate in work activities on at least an average basis. 30 hours Week by week.
