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The Economics of Safety Nets

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as SCHIP or CHIP, was officially ushered into the cannon of governmental programs in 1997. Although its passage in Congress was touted as a bipartisan effort,...

America's national debt has received increasing attention in recent years. As the financial crisis ensued, massive bailout and rescue packages catapulted the national debt skyward.  Despite concerns about the...

No one disagrees that healthcare reforms in the United States aren't needed to bring costs under control, while still providing maximum coverage for people. For decades legislators and presidents have spoken of...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and the 89th Congress came together to extend the scope of Social Security coverage by amending into the original legislation a program of social medical insurance called Medicare...

Have you ever wondered why your grandmother receives monthly checks in the mail for hundreds of dollars? More than likely they're not her pinochle winnings from the local senior citizens' center - she's probably...

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