Social Safety Net Reform

[Sharon_Fernandez]

Instead of having mandatory drug tests for welfare, make it mandatory to have career counseling, wealth building counseling, budgeting counseling and/or even mental health counseling. Make all programs a step down program once a recipient no longer qualifies for benefits to avoid people refusing promotions or higher paying jobs to keep their benefits. WIC should have a diaper credit as well. The poverty limits need to start including daycare as well. Medicare and Medicaid need to have better reimbursement metrics so that better quality doctors will accept the insurance. Also medically unlikely and medically necessary guidelines need to be reviewed to allow for more autonomy within medical decisions for experimental treatments.