Title: Expanded unemployment benefits may bump people from welfare, other aid
Headings: Expanded unemployment benefits could bump people from welfare, other assistance
Expanded unemployment benefits could bump people from welfare, other assistance
Key Points
Expanded unemployment benefits
Medicaid, food stamps and more

Content: Set. Grow. Medicaid, food stamps and more
Social assistance programs differ in terms of how they measure eligibility and aid. Medicaid, for example, examines monthly household income. States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act generally set their income threshold at 138% of the poverty level — $1,436 a month for a single adult and $2,453 for a family of three, for example, Wagner said. Being just $1 over the threshold typically renders people ineligible. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program calculation factors in several things, like household size and daycare and medical expenses, Wagner said. But unlike with Medicaid, Wagner said, eligibility for SNAP doesn’t fall off a cliff over a certain threshold — there’s a wide range of benefits. VIDEO
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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program is generally available to some of the poorest households, those with income below 50% of the poverty line, Wagner said.