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> A mature BI (one providing an above-poverty-line benefit) is an expensive proposition That was below-poverty-line benefits as defined by existing law. Its $1
by fweespeech 10y ago
> A mature BI (one providing an above-poverty-line benefit) is an expensive proposition
That was below-poverty-line benefits as defined by existing law. Its $10k income with a $3k mandatory payment for the equivalent of Medicaid/insurance.
The poverty line at the moment is ~$11k + Medicaid.
https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/federal-poverty-level-FPL/ https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/federal-poverty-level-FP...
- dragonwriter 10y ago> That was below-poverty-line benefits as defined by existing law. Its way above the poverty line for any household size greater than 1. ($11,880 + $4,140-4,160 per additional member) [0] [0] https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
- fweespeech 10y agoYou are ignoring Medicaid which the article plans to cut. http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-spending-per-enrollee/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-spending-pe... That is ~$6k of benefits per person. So lets say two adults for $26k with $12k in lost benefits is ~$14k. The poverty line is $16k.