If the Tories really cared about mental health, they’d stop trying to score cheap points

Mel Stride’s crass comments about chasing ill people into work can’t conceal his motive – to save money on benefits, says columnist Micha Frazer-Carroll

Padroni al Lavoro: la workfare society dello sfruttamento -

Workfare o work for welfare significa letteralmente lavorare per ottenere un beneficio: la concessione di forme di integrazione al reddito sono vincolate a prestazioni lavorative. – Nell’ Italia neoliberista, nazionalista, fascista e sessista, il “povero”, sinonimo di proletario, è il lavoratore che dal 2005 al 2021 ha perso sino al 48% del reddito: per lo più i giovani entro i 35 anni del Centro-Sud, le donne e gli “stranieri”, i mai occupati, disoccupati, i working poor della logistica e dei servizi, i precari; essi sono l’esercito industriale di riserva della “Nuova Società del Workfare” necessario alla Sviluppo, per lo più...

An Overview of Medicaid Work Requirements: What Happened Under the Trump and Biden Administrations?

The Trump Administration aimed to reshape the Medicaid program by newly approving Section 1115 demonstration waivers that imposed work and reporting requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibil…

Giuliani's Workfare: Slaves of New York

McCarthy Medicaid Proposal Puts Millions of People in Expansion States at Risk of Losing Health Coverage | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Without a doubt, adding work-reporting requirements to Medicaid would cause many low-income adults to lose coverage due to bureaucratic hurdles and would leave people without the health care they need, including life-saving medications, treatment to manage chronic conditions, and care for acute illnesses.

Expanding Work Requirements Would Make It Harder for People to Meet Basic Needs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Taking benefits away from people who don’t meet a work requirement does little to improve long-term employment outcomes. Instead, it substantially increases hardship.