Since Medicaid was established by Congress in 1965, and in Texas in 1967, more than four decades of incremental policy expansion has created the largest government health program, providing benefits to more people and at a higher cost than even the Medicare program.
Family
Empowerment Accounts: 21st Century Safety-Net Reform
Frankie Johnson, a college-educated single mother from Washington, D.C., moved to Atlanta to distance herself and daughter from an abusive husband. Without a job or place to live, she sought government assistance for childcare and transitional housing. While she waited for this assistance, she was offered a job paying $70,000. She turned it down. Why?...
September 12, 2022