Liberty
Medicaid work requirements need enforcement
Chris Medrano and Brian Blase write for the Federalist about the importance of enforcing Medicaid work requirements. In the Working Families Tax Cut Act — also known as the One…
Welfare spending
means-oriented social benefit
Liberty
Minnesota fraud should ‘wake up’ Democrats
Ruy Teixeira hopes fellow Democrats learn a lesson from the Minnesota welfare fraud scandal. The specter of welfare fraud haunts the Democrats once again. Concerns about abuse of generous government…
Liberty
Taxpayers pay millions for Somalis not to assimilate
Beth Brelje writes for the Federalist about a disturbing use of American tax dollars. Civil war and famine spurred many Somalians to immigrate to the United States in 1991 and…
Liberty
Shutdown raises awareness about reliance on food stamps
Mike LaChance writes for the Gateway Pundit about one interesting result from the extended federal government shutdown. One aspect of the government shutdown that probably wasn’t anticipated by Chuck Schumer…
Liberty
Housing policy needs a dose of welfare reform
Howard Husock and Bruce Meyer explain why American housing policy could benefit from a form of welfare reform. In 1983, Harvard scholars Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood sought to…
Research Brief
Health Care
Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts: When asset protection becomes taxpayer exploitation
Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts (MAPTs) are increasingly being used by affluent families to shield wealth and shift the cost of long-term care onto taxpayers. Instead of drawing down their resources,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Medicaid for millionaires
By design, expansion ignores assets, allowing even the wealthiest individuals to qualify so long as their reported income is low enough. Meanwhile, the vulnerable groups that Medicaid was designed to…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Oh, SNAP! Bureaucratic errors could cost state taxpayers hundreds of millions
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) introduces fiscal consequences for states with payment error rates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of 6 percent or greater starting in federal…
Health Care
Medicaid Expansion
Introduction Medicaid is a program funded jointly by the state and federal governments. Its core functions include paying medical providers for health care services rendered to society’s most vulnerable: the…
Liberty
Promoting Work By Reducing Subsidies for Government Benefits
Matt Weidinger writes for Real Clear Policy about one way to boost the workforce. Never shy about lampooning government dysfunction, Ronald Reagan famously said that if you want more of…
Liberty
Assessing the Impact of Government ‘Free Money’ Programs
Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner focuses on recent reviews of government programs that dole out free money. Interest in universal basic income has grown in recent years, and now…
Liberty
Countering Social Security Myths
Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute rebuts a misguided complaint about Social Security. The average Social Security retirement benefit for Americans retiring in 2021 was $1,754 per month. The…