To address a common poverty trap problem for many low-paid Americans whose jobs pay enough that a family could lose its eligibility for _________________________, yet those jobs don’t offer _________________________ either, some states guaranteed that children would not lose their coverage if their parents worked.   Group of answer choices   A. Medicaid; health insurance benefits   B. food stamps; Medicaid benefits   C. Medicaid; drug insurance benefits   D. food stamps; retirement benefits

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