Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much.
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UK Special Coverage Can Burnham Tackle Entitlements? The prime minister must make hard decisions to stop Britain’s fiscal spiral. UK Special Coverage Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images Andy Burnham, Britain’s new prime minister, has set a blistering pace in his first full week in office. From 10 Downing Street has come a torrent of dramatic announcements about the future of the country (indeed, it resembles nothing so much as the spate of executive orders from the Trump White House in early 2025). Burnham says he will honor the UK’s commitments on defense by spending 3 percent of GDP on…Open
Americans say they want less government. So why does the welfare state keep growing? In this episode of The Brief, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Jesse Arm — Vice President of External Affairs at the Manhattan Institute — to break down the Manhattan Institute's new poll on American attitudes toward welfare, the rise of the DSA inside the Democratic Party, and what voters across the political spectrum actually want from government in 2026. Thirty years after Bill Clinton signed landmark welfare reform, Jesse walks through what the data actually shows: Americans broadly support a social safety net, but they want it targeted, tied to work requirements, and focused on eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse — not on reducing income…
Nebraska's Medicaid director, in an exclusive interview with nonprofit news organization Tradeoffs, said roughly 200 people will lose health coverage on Aug. 1.
"SNAP Havens": The federal government spent over $100 billion during fiscal year 2025 on the SNAP program. A patchwork of variations in state requirements may make some localities more desirable destinations for people who choose welfare over working.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz made the case for the Trump administration's final rules on Medicaid work requirements at a White House press briefing Tuesday, June 2. Oz described the requirement for 20 hours of work, volunteering or education per week as 'a path to prosperity.' #Health #Medicaid #MehmetOz #Work #Illness READ MORE on the Trump administration's final rule on Medicaid work requirements: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5906718-medcaid-work-requirements-rule/
Housing officials were told to exclude emotional support animals and tighten the definition of a service animal when granting accommodations for disabled tenants.
CBS News reported that Nebraska is seven months ahead of the deadline under the law.
The aides want the New York City Council to to pass a law that would limit their shifts to 12 hours, except in the case of emergencies.