In 14 states, unemployment benefits and ACA subsidies for a family of four with two people not working amounts to an annualized equivalent of $80,000 a year in wages and benefits, the study found.
Those benefits come out to over $100,000 in three states – Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
Source: Unemployment benefits and Obamacare subsidies outpace median income in several states, study finds
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“The expansion of assistance, especially in subsidized health insurance to families with children and no parents working, can mean that families can earn as much or more income from receiving government assistance than the median household does from working,” the authors wrote.
