Welfare

Report: Welfare Reform in Kansas Caused Individuals to Reenter Labor Force Earning Higher Incomes

Combination of welfare reforms led to a 78 percent decline in TANF enrollment

Social Security Trust Funds to Be Depleted in 17 Years

In 2022, cost of program will begin to exceed revenue

Trump: No Welfare for Immigrants for First 5 Years

Policy would add to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Meeks: Work Requirements for Able-Bodied Medicaid Recipients an Example of ‘Reverse Robin Hood’

$70.3 Million in Medicaid Payments Were Made to Providers With Fraud Allegations

Payments to providers who overbilled or defrauded program should be suspended, according to audit

Maxine Waters: Trump, Republicans Have Never Cared About Poor People

Report: Government Policy Has Not Improved Self-Sufficiency of Those in Poverty

While material deprivation declined since 1980, self-sufficiency has remained flat

Report: Terrorist Suspects Collected Welfare Benefits While Planning Attacks

At least five suspected plotters of Paris, Brussels received $56K

Food Stamp Beneficiaries Exceed 45 Million for 55 Straight Months

Expert says program should supplement paycheck, not be a work replacement

Some Americans Receive $40,000 or More a Year in Government Assistance

More than 1 in 3 Americans received share of $261 billion in benefits in 2012