Arguments in favor of means testing, warn UniteThePoor leaders, 'are rooted in the mistaken belief that people are poor due to their own failings—and then attach racist, gendered, and elitist stereotypes about the poor to justify such restrictions.'
Likewise, before Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, millions of people who required low-cost or free health care were excluded from accessing the program. After the ACA raised the eligibility threshold, Medicaid enrollment increased byDuring the pandemic, another 10 million people enrolled in Medicaid. It now covers over
, which is as much a reflection of the great need for health care as it is of the restrictions imposed by means testing.Arguments in favor of means testing often go hand-in-hand with arguments in favor of work requirements or other restrictions to welfare programs. Many are rooted in the mistaken belief that people are poor due to their own failings—and then attach racist, gendered, and elitist stereotypes about the poor to justify such restrictions. President Bill Clinton relied on these arguments to pass welfare reform in 1996, which introduced a five-year lifetime limit on benefits, imposed strict work requirements, and made it harder for poor mothers to earn a college degree.from 12.2 million in 1996 to 5.3 million in 2001.
As a result, in 2021, over 27 million households who were not eligible for this benefit before began receiving monthly payments, most of which were used to meet
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