Welfare
Work requirements in the bipartisan debt ceiling bill
The SNAP and TANF work requirements in the debt ceiling bill have bipartisan support and may both increase employment rates among less vulnerable groups and reduce poverty rates among a few more vulnerable groups. However, the effects of the new work requirements on Black Americans, in particular, should be carefully monitored. The recent bipartisan debt […]
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Health Insurance
Immigration
President Biden’s proposal to offer public health insurance to DACA recipients
The Biden administration’s proposal to allow DACA recipients to obtain public health insurance would help reduce insurance and health disparities among Latinx Americans at a relatively reasonable cost, but would be politically divisive and would share the DACA program’s uncertain future in the courts, although it should not add to that uncertainty. The Biden administration […]
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