Democratic leaders in Washington and state capitals across the country have created a form of government in which the ...

Work requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the ...

Republicans should reform Medicaid in their “one big, beautiful bill” that includes extending Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.

Connecticut legislator Tammy Nuccio cannot be easily categorized. Even though her daughter and future son-in-law are both ...

As leaders of the agencies that oversee the largest welfare programs in the nation, we fear that welfare has become a trap of ...

Trump administration officials are championing Republican proposals to put new work requirements and other restrictions on mainstay social welfare programs like Medicaid, despite fierce protests from ...

In the 1980s, the U.S. government experimented in Midwest states like Wisconsin and Michigan with "workfare" which requires recipients of welfare benefits to do public service or attend job training.

Over 40 million Americans rely on SNAP. House Republicans proposed at least $230 billion in cuts to federal nutrition ...

In theory, “pronatalist” policies could help alleviate child poverty—but only if they’re paired with other efforts to ...

Trump will adjust his tariff policies for those who ... But if you're on welfare, there must be something wrong with you and the Republicans don't want to make you too dependent on the government ...