The Medicaid Work Requirement’s Gambling Loophole
September 15, 2026 | Kevin Corinth
Medicaid work requirements go into effect across the country on January 1, 2027. Work requirements…
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The Empty Threat That States Will Stop Operating SNAP
September 15, 2026 | Matt Weidinger and Angela Rachidi
Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) gave states a choice: Either limit improper…
What Can We Learn From Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots In the United States? Evidence on Employment Effects
September 11, 2026 | Kevin Corinth and Hannah Mayhew
Abstract Between 2017 and 2025, at least 122 pilots across 33 states and the District…
Overview of the American Social Safety Net with Angela Rachidi
September 3, 2026 | Angela Rachidi and Jessi Troyan
In the season premiere of Cardinal Direction, host Jessi Troyan sits down with American Enterprise…
Why Congress Shouldn’t Change SNAP’s New Payment Error Approach
September 2, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
Payment errors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) have received considerable attention in…
Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
September 2, 2026 | Scott Winship
This is an edited version of Scott’s recent testimony before the Work & Welfare Subcommittee of the…
Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
September 1, 2026 | Scott Winship
Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, thank…
Did Fraud Drive Blue States’ Pandemic Unemployment Funds?
September 1, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
It’s a depressingly familiar story: taxpayers lost a massive amount of money to waste, fraud, and…
