Opinion: Trump administration red tape and pending legislation could devastate medical care for millions of Americans

Trump’s Medicaid and SNAP red tape will devastate millions of Americans If Republicans really think that work requirements and paperwork reduce fraud, they are wrong. dtodd The Hill

... the punitive work requirements and layers of paperwork for Medicaid and SNAP (formerly food stamps) recipients are still visible beneath the flimsy camouflage of reducing welfare fraud. 

Academic research ... shows that the vast majority of Americans who are working, are disabled or are providing caregiving already meet these requirements for state and federal aid. Even the independent Congressional Budget Office reports that work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP do not accomplish their stated goal of increasing employment.

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