Tag: Medicaid

Getting people to work probably isn’t the point. As a rule, I don’t trust any piece of major legislation whose title contains literally no information on its contents. So, when I saw that Republicans in the House of Representatives had passed something called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” I was suspicious. I mean, giv…

To improve low-income households’ economic well-being, the social safety net provides both cash assistance and additional resources to support a better lifestyle – safer housing, more education or training, or healthy but expensive fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats. The health and employment benefits of three programs passed in the 1960s and 1970s – food stamps,…