There's little evidence that work requirements for programs like food stamps or Medicaid actually boost employment, experts say.
The current work requirements in SNAP have had"no or little positive impact on employment while excluding a substantial number of vulnerable people," according to the CEPR, which recentlyIt's not the first time this year that Republicans have pushed bigger work requirements for food-stamp aids, with more than 20 GOP lawmakers proposing a new law in March that would add work requirements to people, among other changes.
As that small share suggests, the vast majority of people who are on food-stamps and who can work are already working, experts say. And those who aren't are often providing unpaid care to children, older family members, are in school or aren't working due to health problems. Food stamps currently are a"work support program" for low-paid workers, noted Fremstad."If anything, we have more poorly compensated workers receiving benefits, and if you think that's a problem, then the solutions are increasing wages, increasing unions, and so on.
While Medicaid hasn't had a federal work requirement, one state — Arkansas — implemented such measures in 2018. The result: 18,000 Arkansans
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