Sentence examples for an asset test from inspiring English sources

Food stamps effectively no longer have an asset test.

Texas increased monthly premiums for the children's health program and imposed an asset test for families.

It used to have an "asset test" – people with money in the bank and other non-trivial financial assets were not eligible – but most states have eliminated that test in the last few years.

It means they met a net income or an asset test in order to be invested.

To receive SNAP, households must meet three financial criteria: a gross-income test, a net-income test, and an asset test.

Mr. McGreevey does not rule out means-testing; last week he proposed an assets test for applicants for a state-subsidized program for prescription drugs and the elimination of property-tax rebates for households making more than $100,000 a year.

Under the Howard government, the EC program was subject to an assets test and paid farmers and small business operators 50% in their first year and up to 80% in the second and subsequent years.

This "net asset test" has become a fairly standard measure of financial stability in the industry, with most clubs aiming to maintain a 100percentt rating.

"Tightening the pension asset test makes more sense both from a financial and fairness perspective if you compare it with the 2014 budget proposal to cut pension indexation and reduce the value of the pension over time," said Ms Christie.

Labor's opposition to the pension asset test changes forces the Coalition to seek a deal with the Greens, or alternatively with six out of eight crossbench senators.

Jacqueline B. Kosecoff of UnitedHealth Group, the largest Medicare drug plan, said, "We support elimination of the asset test".