The payroll tax levied on the earnings of individuals eligible for benefits is the primary funding source for direct social insurance programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment compensation. Do you believe that the programs that provide social insurance are effective? What kinds of effects do socioeconomic and political forces have on social insurance programs at the national level? Kindly explain your responses.
Medicaid is State-Based…Should it be?
Medicaid is partially federally funded and partially state-funded. As we all know, not every State is equal in per capita income, and the number of poor and disabled is equally unbalanced. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid funding was expanded, yet some states opted out of accepting the