“The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are hoping to make the most sweeping changes to federal safety net programs in a generation, using legislation and executive actions to target recipients of food stamps, Medicaid and housing benefits.
The White House is quietly preparing a sweeping executive order that would mandate a top-to-bottom review of the federal programs on which millions of poor Americans rely. And GOP lawmakers are in the early stages of crafting legislation that could make it more difficult to qualify for those programs.
In the meantime, the Trump administration has already begun making policy shifts that could have major ramifications.
Federal health officials are encouraging…”
Source: How Trump will target the federal safety net – By Andrew Restuccia, Sarah Ferris, and Helena Bottemiller Evich, December 11, 2017, Poltico. Read the full article here.
