The Post and Courier
By: Lauren Sausser
As the South Carolina Medicaid agency moves forward with a proposal to impose work requirements on low-income adults, child advocates worry the plan will hurt parents and families.
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Still, the idea troubles some child advocates. Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, called the exemptions to South Carolina’s proposed work requirements “vague” and estimated 180,000 adults could be impacted by the new rules.
“Lack of jobs, transportation and child care haven’t been addressed,” Alker said.
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