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Sequestering Meals on Wheels Could Cost the Nation $489 Million per Year through Increased Costs to Medicaid
The Center for Effective Government finds Meals on Wheels sequestration could cost taxpayers $489 million per year through increased costs to Medicaid. “Sequestering Meals on Wheels funds could cost taxpayers far more than it saves. While across-the-board spending cuts that … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Health, Poverty, Socio-economic Status
Tagged austerity, economy, Federal budget, government, health, Meals on Wheels, Medicaid, poverty, sequestration, socio-economic status
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3.5 Million American Children Live in Extreme Poverty: Below $2 a Day per Person Threshold
The following represents extreme poverty findings from a study by Edin and Shaefer as reported by Wonkblog: “Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a Census program that tracks samples of tens of thousands of households … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Income Distribution, Inequality, Poverty, Socio-economic Status
Tagged children, households, poverty, socio-economic status
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Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation
Abstract Income inequality understates the size of the economic gap between whites and minorities in the United States. In 2010, whites on average had two times the income of blacks and Hispanics, but six times the wealth. Analyses of wealth … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Gender, Income Distribution, Inequality, Poverty, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged assets, economy, ethnicity, gender, housing, inequality, poverty, race, safety-net, socio-economic status, taxes, wealth
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States Refusing to Expand Medicaid Will Hurt Veterans
Via Sy Mukherjee -> “A new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban Institute study concludes that states refusing to expand Medicaid will leave over 200,000 low-income, uninsured veterans and two-thirds of uninsured veterans’ spouses without access to affordable health coverage. … Continue reading
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Tagged exchanges, government, health, insurance, Medicaid, ObamaCare, poverty, socio-economic status, veterans
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Length of Time in Poverty, 1978 -2009
Poverty remains a huge social problem in America. The 2010 US Census estimates 46.2 million people in the United States were in poverty and the nation’s official poverty rate was 15.1%. I’m interested in finding the number of years people are … Continue reading
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Tagged poverty, socio-economic status, time
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How Charter Schools Exclude the Kids They Don’t Want
The National Education Policy Center has an interesting and provocative summary of an investigative reporter’s research on the how charter schools exclude the kids they don’t want. “Stephanie B. Simon, investigative reporter for Reuters, has written a stunning exposé of … Continue reading
Profiling Responses: “Government Should Spend Less on Poor Benefits”
From FDR in the 1930s and then again with LBJ’s War on Poverty in the 1960s to the present the electorate has debated the amount of federal spending for benefits to the poor. It won’t surprise many people to learn … Continue reading
Government Transfer Payments to Individuals as a Percent of Total County Personal Income, 2011
Amazing. Take a look at ‘government transfer payments to individulas as a percent of total county personal income, 2011′. In many counties, especially in the south and southwest, the percent is as high as 30.4 to 54.5%. USDA Economic Research … Continue reading
Would a Guaranteed Pell Grant Increase College Access and Have a Positive Return on Investment?
College attendance and completion rates for poor youth remain a strategically important problem for the U.S. if it is going to remain competitive in a global economy. One of the major barriers to college attendance and graduation is financial. Far … Continue reading
Berliner: Improve Educational Outcomes through Liveable Wages
A new analysis by David Berliner argues the best way to improve educational outcomes is to provide opportunities for students’ families to earn liveable wages. While I think he’s got most of it right, one cannot deny the need for … Continue reading