Welfare programs in the United States serve the financially challenged through about 60 public assistance programs. Most look to receive help through one of the three major programs. These programs are the healthcare programs Medicaid and Medicare, Aid to

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Pat Brennan                                                                        5/19/02

Period 3                                                                Melinda Mahar

Welfare

         Welfare Public assistance, also known as welfare, is not free money. Public assistance benefits many people who have a low income or no means of income at all. The benefits available are based on criteria such as level of income and size of family, and such benefits vary from state to state. .

Welfare programs in the United States serve the financially challenged through about 60 public assistance programs. Most look to receive help through one of the three major programs. These programs are the healthcare programs Medicaid and Medicare, Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC), or the food stamps program. These are all the advantages to public assistance. Even though the welfare system provides money, medical care, food, housing, or other things for most people in need, it puts a dent in the U.S.’s economy. There are too many single jobless parents, elderly, disabled, and others who are in need the public assistance who either never get it or are dependent on it. Yet, there are still many problems in supplying all this to the needy, which is a concern many have. This paper will discuss the programs individually explaining how good causes can lead to a dent in the economy.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service oversees medical care given to the needy and the elderly through Medicare insurance and the basic services provided by Medicaid. They have both grown exceptionally since they were created in the late 60’s and in 1977 Medicare was taken over by Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). Funds vary from state to state, but Medicare insures anyone over the age of sixty-five and those possessing certain disabling conditions. Medicaid finishes up the rest and is pertained more toward the needy, and places where services are carried out in the form of health care. ...

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