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Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs

  • Written by Anne Whitesell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Miami University
Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobsMeeting work requirements to get government benefits can lead to burdensome paperwork.JackF/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Republican lawmakers have been battling over a bill that includes massive tax and spending cuts. Much of their disagreement has been over provisions intended to reduce the cost of Medicaid.

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