That is surely irrelevant, since it leaves the welfare recipient in no worse condition than he would have been in had the LSC program never been enacted.
It has changed, as it used to, but no longer leaves the recipient in a worse condition. 
mnli hypothesis: It has changed, as it used to, but no longer leaves the recipient in a worse condition.  premise: That is surely irrelevant, since it leaves the welfare recipient in no worse condition than he would have been in had the LSC program never been enacted.