Medicaid was created by Congress in 1965, and focused on providing health care benefits to recipients of certain cash assistance programs. More than four decades of incremental policy expansion have made it the largest government health program-providing benefits to more people and at a higher cost than Medicare.
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The simple reform Congress can make to move millions from welfare to work
Congress has a chance to help millions of Americans move from welfare to work while fixing one of the country’s most broken federal programs. Lawmakers are preparing to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which controls the vast and failed federal workforce-development system. Instead of doubling down on the longstanding approach of wasting money...
January 2, 2024