work requirements

States are challenging the Trump administration’s plan to require some Medicaid enrollees with serious health issues to submit additional paperwork to prove they’re exempt from work requirements.

Even if they’re employed, people eligible for SNAP benefits may struggle to prove they’re working enough hours to meet work requirements.

History holds some clues about what’s likely to happen as the new Medicaid work requirements and other cuts are implemented.

The changes to the food assistance program could impact benefits for millions of recipients.

And what will they mean for the millions of low-income people who might lose health care benefits as a result?

The upper age limit for SNAP recipients (able bodied, without dependents) who have to prove they’re working or looking for work at least part time has just risen from age 49 to age 50. Eventually it’ll go up to age 54.

Some Congressional Republicans want older Americans to prove that they work or are looking for work to get those benefits.

The Trump administration had said states could require some people to prove they had work to get benefits.

But state's training program spends much more per person than the figure Congress might allocate if it decides to pass a SNAP work requirement

New work requirements may change things for those who receive food and housing assistance in the Pennsylvania city.