GOP Targets Parents: SNAP & Medicaid Work Exemption for Caregivers Cut from 18 to 7

Another provision in the budget bill aimed at "helping" average Americans

In its sweeping new budget bill, House Republicans have advanced a quietly devastating change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid: parents and caregivers will only be exempt from work requirements if their youngest dependent child is under the age of 7. This is a drastic shift from the current standard, which exempts car…