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Improving Medicaid through Work & Community Engagement
For the first time, the federal government is allowing states to require recipients to pursue work, education, or community engagement to maintain Medicaid benefits. With wide support in Pennsylvania, this…
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Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Medicaid Work Requirements
In other states, thousands of Americans previously dependent on government programs have transformed their lives and achieved independence thanks to work requirements. But Pennsylvania’s human services system still traps people…
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Lawmakers Seek to Restore Dignity of Work
In the first press conference of 2018, House Republicans introduced a package of bills aimed at breaking generational poverty. Rep. Tobash urged reform given the desperate state of…
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Restoring the Dignity of Work
The benefits of work, such as income, personal satisfaction, and a sense of purpose, are widely known. Yet, major welfare programs treat work as a burden or an inconvenience instead…
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Restoring the Dignity of Work
The benefits of work, such as income, personal satisfaction, and a sense of purpose, are widely known. Yet, major welfare programs treat work as a burden or an inconvenience instead…
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Wolf’s Veto Blocks Pathway out of Poverty for Thousands in Pa.
Despite evidence that work requirements improve lives and boost incomes for those on government programs, Gov. Wolf has vetoed the Human Services Code, which instructs him to request a…
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Restoring the Dignity of Work
The benefits of work are widely known. Yet major welfare programs treat work as a burden instead of the pathway to prosperity. Restoring work in food stamps alone could improve…
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Work Requirements Promote Independence, Wolf Should Embrace Them
Work requirements are helping thousands of Americans rise above poverty and gain independence from government programs. In fact, when states like Kansas and Maine implemented work requirements for food stamps,…
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Wolf’s Wrongheaded Veto Threat
Governor Wolf intends to veto Pennsylvania’s welfare code (HB 59) due to a reform contained within the bill—even though the reform can reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. The modest reform instructs the…
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