Scott Walker Pushing Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin would be required to undergo drug testing and could be limited in how long they can receive benefits under measures proposed Thursday by Gov. Scott Walker, who is positioning himself as a reformer as he eyes a 2016 presidential run.
The idea, which Walker first proposed during his re-election campaign, will be included in his state budget released to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Feb. 3. Walker announced for the first time Thursday that the plan would apply to childless adults on Medicaid, as well as those applying for or receiving aid from other state benefit programs…
Eleven states already require drug testing of at least some welfare recipients, according to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures. And four states require drug-testing of at least some people filing for unemployment compensation.
But the idea has run into legal problems.
A federal appeals court in December affirmed a ruling that a law in Florida requiring mandatory drug testing of welfare benefit applicants was unconstitutional. And Georgia officials last year put on hold a new law requiring drug testing of food stamp recipients amid concerns about its legality.
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Jake January 23rd, 2015 at 17:11
How about mandatory drug testing for idiots buying guns – surely the repercussions of a gun-toting stoned fascist are more serious than those of a stoned victim of trickle-down economics.
whatthe46 January 23rd, 2015 at 17:21
how about mandatory drug testing for idiots running for office and those that are already in office. they are getting paid with tax payers dollars so alls fair in my opinion.
Jake January 23rd, 2015 at 17:30
i don’t disagree with you there.
whatthe46 January 23rd, 2015 at 18:21
how about mandatory drug testing for idiots running for office and those that are already in office. they are getting paid with tax payers dollars so alls fair in my opinion.
Candide Thirtythree January 24th, 2015 at 00:31
Then you can bet that he just bought controlling interest in the company that s going to get the contract to do all the tests in a no-bid contract, that is how all republicans operate.
Candide Thirtythree January 24th, 2015 at 01:31
Then you can bet that he just bought controlling interest in the company that s going to get the contract to do all the tests in a no-bid contract, that is how all republicans operate.