Michigan Policast for Monday, December 9, 2019

  In this episode:

* Medicaid and work requirements

* Trump and SNAP

* Senator Curtis Hertel Jr with the latest on the budget

* Walberg, Upton, Amash congressional races

* State Representative Larry Inman’s wacky trial

* Former Congressman Mike Rogers on the House Intelligence Committee

* Transcript

* @CurtisHertelJr

* @RepMikeRogers

* @HouseIntel (House Intelligence Committee)

* @RepAdamSchiff

* @jonhoadley

* @SenStabenow

* @pubtheologian

* @gdriskell

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Medicaid and work requirements

* Segment two: Trump and SNAP

* Segment three: Senator Curtis Hertel Jr with the latest on the budget

* Segment four: Walberg, Upton, Amash congressional races

* Segment five: State Representative Larry Inman’s wacky trial

* Interview: Former Congressman Mike Rogers on the House Intelligence Committee/a>

* Transcript

* Comments

Medicaid and work requirements

* GOP leaders reject Whitmer’s call to suspend Medicaid work rules

* Gov. Whitmer asks legislature to halt Medicaid work requirements

* Whitmer signs bill to change Medicaid work requirement reporting, says legislature should do more

[CLICK TO TWEET – “Tens of thousands of Michiganders stand to lose needed health care and suffer medical and economic harms that responsible leaders could easily have avoided” ~@GovWhitmer #Medicaid http://bit.ly/36ixJLM ]

This is not welfare. The work requirements are for Medicaid, which is a health care program for low-income people. https://t.co/BuWqbtIaSn

— Susan J. Demas ? (@sjdemas) December 3, 2019

Trump and SNAP

* Trump administration tightens work requirements for SNAP, which could cut hundreds of thousands from food stamps

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