
How The Medicaid Work Rule Would Damage Household Caregivers And Folks With Disabilities
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26: Speaker of the Home Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media after ... [+] the Home handed a invoice elevating the nation's debt ceiling. (Picture by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Pictures)Getty Pictures
The sponsors of the Home Republican debt restrict invoice, the Restrict, Save, Grow Act, say its aim is to encourage low-income individuals to work. However it might have precisely the other impact, particularly for individuals with disabilities. And, on the identical time, it might throw household caregivers into an unimaginable scenario—having to decide on between caring for his or her family members or shedding their very own Medicaid advantages.
The regulation successfully would drop from the Medicaid roles individuals who work lower than 80 hours a month....