Remember when then-candidate Donald Trump assuredvoters that he would not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid? Apparently, this was just one of countless broken promises. Although he has not yet imposed any explicit cuts, on Thursday, the Trump administration took another step toward undercutting these essential social programs: It issued guidanceallowing states to impose work requirements on […]
Trump’s Destruction of Medicaid: Sabotage of a Five-Decade Social Contract
Medicaid was enacted in 1965 under the Lyndon Johnson administration as a social insurance program to provide lower-income Americans with the health care they need. Since then it has been solidly supported by all subsequent administrations as a social contract within our society, as a matter of fairness and necessity. As poverty and inequality have […]
Medicaid Work Requirement Would Harm Unemployed, Not Promote Work
Sharply reversing longstanding federal policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that states may block some low-income adults from getting Medicaid coverage if they’re not working or participating in work-related activities. Under prior administrations, CMS (a part of the Department of Health and Human Services) rejected several state requests to tie Medicaid eligibility […]
One Woman’s Slide From Middle Class to Medicaid
DEDHAM, Mass. — A dozen or so years into retirement, Rita Sherman had plenty going for her financially. Recently widowed, she had a net worth of roughly $600,000 as of 1998. Her health was excellent, and she dutifully purchased a long-term care insurance policy that would cover three years of nursing home costs should she ever need help. […]
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