Welfare

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

Survey: Immigrants More Open to Public Assistance Than U.S.-Born Citizens

Foreign-born also more positive about the economy than those born in U.S.

Data Finds Participation in Gov’t Programs Increased, Participation in Labor Market Declined

More Americans in poverty, dependent on government

Report: Welfare State Increases Income Inequality

Government also has negative impact on savings and investment