Can 'able-bodied' adults on Medicaid replace farm workers amid immigration crackdown?
Summary
The Trump administration is considering an idea where adults on Medicaid could replace migrant farmworkers. This proposal arises amid efforts to restrict immigration.Key Facts
- The idea is to have Medicaid enrollees, who are seen as "able-bodied" adults, work on farms.
- This proposal comes from efforts to limit immigration, which could reduce the number of migrant farmworkers.
- Robin Rudowitz, a vice-president at KFF, discussed this proposal with NPR.
- Medicaid is a government program that provides health coverage to eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults, and people with disabilities.
- Migrant farmworkers are people who move to find work in agriculture, often from other countries or regions.
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