Conservatives grumble that the debt ceiling deal was insufficient. Can they force new talks on work requirements?

The GOP wants additional work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid beneficiaries in the debt ceiling deal, despite evidence that shows they are ineffective.

The Republican proposal would fail at addressing the debt but would succeed in making people’s lives worse in more ways than one.

The GOP is again pushing for harsher work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP—even though it would barely dent our national debt.

The president’s forthcoming proposal on care could both meaningfully address the current crisis and open up space for more radical demands about work and family life.

The pandemic has offered a brief respite from policies that force people to work to “deserve” basic support like food stamps. We can’t go back.