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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans' Double Talk On Exempting Rural Whites From Medicaid Rules
By Alice Ollstein | May 16, 2018 6:00 am
As the Trump administration encourages states to impose work requirements on their Medicaid programs, now in place in four states and counting, two conflicting messages have emerged.
The administrations top health care officials, as well as many Republican governors and lawmakers, have argued that people living in counties with high unemployment rates should be exempted from the work requirement a seemingly neutral standard that in practice favors rural white residents and places a heavier burden on urban-dwelling residents of color.
At the same time, the administration insists that the policy is not a work requirement, but rather an incentive to be active in their community in some fashion.
Community engagement isnt necessarily just about work, Trumps Medicaid chief, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, told a packed room at the Washington Post on Tuesday morning. It could be volunteer work, it could be job search activities, it could be job training anything to help that individual seek independence and a pathway out of poverty.
This contradiction has experts like George Washington University health law professor Sara Rosenbaum scratching their heads.
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Republicans' Double Talk On Exempting Rural Whites From Medicaid Rules (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2018
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jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)1. Hmmm
It's almost as if ... no, it can't be ... but I'm thinking ... it's just too horrible to contemplate ... maybe ... could be ... that ... no ... but really ... the GOP is racist? Just maybe?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)2. And war is peace.
MichMan
(11,901 posts)3. If only unemployment was higher in minority areas
...this wouldn't be an issue
CrispyQ
(36,446 posts)4. They want & are working toward a system where only those in favor get any assistance.
People of color, uppity women, gays, & libtards need not apply.