WI Committee Approves Walker Plan To Drug Test Medicaid Recipients, Others
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published MAY 26, 2017 10:46 AM
Wisconsins budget committee on Thursday approved Gov. Scott Walkers (R) proposal to make it the first state in the nation to require a drug test for Medicaid recipients, among other regulations.
The Joint Finance Committee approved the measure, and several others, to be included in the states budget this summer.
The committee also approved of Walkers proposals to require drug tests for adults without dependents who receive food stamps and are applying for coverage with the states BadgerCare program, which aims to insure people ineligible for Medicaid, and his proposal to expand the states food stamp work requirement to include parents but only to certain regions of the state at first, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
The paper noted that all of the proposals, including monthly premiums for childless adults enrolled in the states BadgerCare program, require federal approval. Critics of drug testing for public programs say it does little to catch or deter drug use, nor to save tax dollars.
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leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I would think a clear violation of the 4th but the supremes have surprised me many times lately.
ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)lark
(23,186 posts)FL did this to increase Rick Scott's wealth. They put in place a regulation that all applicants for welfare have to be drug tested and picked Solantic as the sold provider. Scott's wife was the majority owner of Solantic, big surprise! Anyway, they spent 4 million dollars the first 2 years and less than 1% of the people tested positive. Even the supine FL Repug legislature realized this was a major boondoggle and stopped the program after the results were known throughout the state.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)IN OFFICE are the ones who need drug testing. Snott Walker always looks like he is stoned, unless that wonky eye makes him look that way?
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)The US drug economy is maintained by the wealthy, the employed, the privileged.
dhill926
(16,380 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,011 posts)Luciferous
(6,087 posts)lot of money and didn't find many cases of drug users abusing the system.