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Biden rescinds Trump-approved Medicaid work requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin
The Biden administration this week rescinded permission for Michigan and Wisconsin to institute work requirements for recipients of Medicaid.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent letters on Tuesday to public health officials in Michigan and Wisconsin, announcing the administration will revoke the Trump administration s approval for mandates for Medicaid recipients to work, go to school or attend job training in order to receive the health care coverage.
Biden’s CMS wrote to Michigan and Wisconsin that the work mandate did not align with Medicaid’s goal of helping low-income populations, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when millions of Americans are out of work.
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The uptick in environmental enforcement by state attorneys
general that we predicted appears to
be coming to pass. New York Attorney General Letitia James recently
announced that the
switch to the Biden Administration has allowed her office to shift
its focus from litigation against the federal government to
increased environmental enforcement. James explained that the
attitude and relationship has changed with the new
administration, which will enable more collaboration and
coordination. Newly confirmed EPA Administrator Michael Regan
echoed this sentiment in a recent speech before the Environmental
New York Allocates $2.1 Billion for Illegal Immigrants, Other ‘Excluded Workers’
New York legislators this week agreed to establish a $2.1 billion fund that will give money to illegal immigrants and other so-called excluded workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic but were ineligible for federal stimulus money.
The Excluded Worker Fund will pay out one-time unemployment benefits to workers who lost their jobs or income during the pandemic.
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers across the state risked their lives to keep our state moving and our families safe,” Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, said in a statement. “When unemployment rates skyrocketed last summer, many of those selfless workers were excluded from any type of federal assistance during this pandemic and we must take care of all New Yorkers.”
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