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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Education,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, which renewed a commitment to federal funding for programs to help struggling Americans. Here's a list of resources that illustrate how these federal programs are faring 50 years later.
By
Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
We have another round of updates to NPP's Federal Priorities Database. Get the latest information on Medicaid participation, Medidcare enrollment, unemployment, and labor force participation.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process
After more than two weeks of the government shutdown, Congress approved a deal to fund the government through Jan. 15 and raise the debt ceiling through Feb. 7.
By
Becky Sweger
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Health Care
Everyone has a story about health care in the U.S. Make sure your health care priorities are voiced in upcoming debates about Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicare, and other federal health programs.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Samantha Dana
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Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
There aren’t many things that 90 percent of Americans agree on, but there are at least two.
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Jo Comerford
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Budget Process,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Nearly every American is intimately connected with the earned benefits Social Security and Medicare – first as a contributor then as a recipient. Nearly 90% of us indicated that we’re in favor of taking strong measures to preserve the long-term stability of both programs.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
The Medicare program accounts for around 14 percent of the entire federal budget, but you wouldn’t know it from USAspending.gov, a website that’s supposed to make government spending transparent. If you use it to investigate how much the government spent on Medicare benefits last year, you’ll find a surprising number: zero.
By
Mattea Kramer
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Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
When lawmakers struck a fiscal-cliff deal on New Year's Day, they did not make any changes to Medicare or Social Security. But the debate over if and how to reform entitlement programs has only just begun.
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Chris Hellman
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
One of the major issues not addressed as part of the recent deal on the fiscal cliff is the future of the major entitlement programs – Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.Entitlements are programs that pay benefits to anyone who applies for them and meets the eligibility requirements for that specific ...
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Last week I wrote a post called Fiscal Cliff Definition, with a simple explanation of the much-hyped, so-called fiscal cliff. (I also suggested that we call it a "fiscal obstacle course" instead of a cliff, because that's a more appropriate metaphor.) The next important question is: What's going to happen?