Essays on Welfare Program

Introduction

The United States is one of the most developed countries, but it is also one of the countries with the highest level of income inequality. According to research, more than half of the nation’s income goes to only 5% of the population, while the remaining half is shared by the 95%. One way of measuring a nation’s income inequality is through the Gini coefficient. The Gini coefficient measures income inequality on a scale of 0 to 1 wherein 0 corresponds to total equality; a scenario wherein everyone is earning the same amount while 1 corresponds to total ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Poverty is a problem that has existed since the beginning of time. Although we primarily view poverty as the lack of finances in today’s currency driven economy, in reality, poverty can be measured absolutely or relatively, depending on a number of different factors that contribute to the target population being assessed. A closer look at the definition of poverty reveals that; Poverty can be defined in a range of different ways: as lack of resources or income available to purchase necessities or to achieve an acceptable standard of living; through actual levels of expenditure; ...

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Benchmarking is a systematic process where leaders of an organization conduct a market performance analysis by comparing its practices with those of a similar organization as a strategy to re-assess its own competitive ability in the market. The approach is applicable in health care organizations in order to assist the institution to understand the prevailing best practices in health services delivery to the clients. The process requires internal understanding of its current strategy, comparing with other similar organizations and then implements the comprehensive strategic plan derived from the benchmarking process.

OFI (Opportunity for Improvement) is a standardized form utilized by health organizations to evaluate ...

Budgeting is a crucial aspect of any institution or government’s operations with an aim of enhancing goals and objectives’ achievement in line with specific environment and needs. Thus, budgeting is greatly guided by policies that define the suitable actions in line with set goals and objectives either in response to changing environment or as a way of fostering opportunities’ utilization. In that respect, governments have budgeting planning that is specific to their constituents’ needs and that defines the objective of this analysis which seeks to demonstrate the budgeting process for a State in view of its status and environment. To achieve ...

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Welfare recipients in the United States of America are increasing every year. In 2013, an article in the Illinois Watchdog mentioned that there are around 46.7 million American citizens who have registered for the food stamp program. One recipient receives $133 every month and a maximum of $275 per family (Illinois Website website). Dissents however are growing regarding this welfare program. Critics say that it is a dole out and disempowering program. Instead of food stamps, Dabrowksi who was cited in the same online article mentioned above said that the country needs to provide jobs to the poor instead of ...

For many years the working class has implored the government to make welfare recipients subject to drug tests. Often thought as abusers of the system, welfare recipients have resisted this idea, insisted that they are not criminals. They are simply people who are down on their luck. However, with the Census Bureau reporting that more people were on welfare than were working full time in the fourth quarter of 2011, it was time for something to be done . States began to pass legislation enforcing that all welfare recipients would be subject to random drug screenings, as well as an ...

The American welfare policy on economic empowerment was shape across various towards the alleviation of the impacts of poverty for the people earning and receiving different counts of low income and hence encountering medical problems of severe levels. Unfortunately large scope of these programs which are resultant have translated into many programs that are overlapping for which there are various veritable hodgepodges in the unknown efficacy (Caputo 23). Unlike other the welfare states across Europe, the Texas state and the United States welfare system is restricted to a comprehensive amount of its benefits into the bottom income earners in the ...

The state and nature of Medicare has attracted vigorous scrutiny and debates on its performance on the contemporary economy. Various countries have their own formulated programs of funding this system. Its effects would to a significant extent be evaluated with respect to the elderly who are the immediate beneficiaries of Medicare. However, this program has faced a lot of challenges and even raised more questions on its economic viability. To actually visualize the developments that have resulted to this situation, it is essential to evaluate on a comparative basis, the Medicare programs of more than two states. This is because the economy ...

It’s no secret that there are probably more people on the welfare system now than in previous years. Welfare is basically cash money that a recipient can use for anything. It isn’t regulated, like food stamp purchases, and that means that the government cannot stop recipients from using it for illegal drugs, instead of buying nonfood items, like toilet paper or paying for prescriptions. Because of this, many states created welfare reforms that focused on drug testing to weed out the individuals who may not be using their welfare for legal practices. There are many states that have ...

United States has been seen as the World super power since the end of WWII. Due to this idea of dominance and being the hegemon among other races, it is hard to picture US as a country with people living in poverty. According to one of the researches done by the national center, more than ten million children in America face hunger levels due to living in poverty (The World Bank). In most cases these people can hardly afford a good source of education, housing, food and many other basic necessities that one need to live comfortable. This issue has hardly ...

Introduction

Welfare program is aimed at helping that sector of the society that earns nothing or less than the minimum limit specified by the state government. For the last decade there is a heated debate raging among all the states if these welfare recipients must be drug tested before they start getting the benefit from the states. It is not easy to come to a conclusion. Drug testing will definitely ensure that tax payer’s money is not getting into the wrong hands but on the flip side execution of drug testing for all the people who apply for welfare benefits will ...

Public assistance programs describe the various forms of assistance that range from financial to health care programs which aid people in meeting their needs. The public assistance programs are usually based on the income and special needs of underprivileged persons in the society such as the widows, single parents, disabled, aged and the sick (Anderson 56). The public assistance programs are structured in a way that the beneficiaries must meet the laid down criteria based on their income levels, age and personal disabilities so as to be eligible for the assistance.

History of Public Assistance

Public assistance in the United States dates back to ...

The allocation of tax dollars is an ever-present debate among Americans, both in and out of legislative positions; one priority in particular is the issue of welfare. In the modern political narrative, there is a perception that 'welfare queens,' those who have the ability or capacity to work but simply accept welfare instead, are a drain on the system. In order to curb this abuse of welfare, the proposition has been made in various state and federal legislatures to implement drug testing policies for welfare recipients. The argument is that this screening would weed out drug users who might theoretically ...

The rate of poverty in the United States in 1964 was around 19%. The then President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Approximately $12 trillion has since been spent on the fight against poverty. However, the rate of poverty has never gone below 10%. Currently it is estimated to be close to 15.1%. This shows that the welfare system is ineffective towards the fight against poverty. Welfare programs include the cash benefit programs among others. A common example is the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. The federal government currently funds 126 welfare programs with the goal of lowering poverty ...

The United States welfare system was initiated in early 1930’s in response to the Great Depression. The government had to salvage its citizens from calamities such as poverty, hunger and poor health, by introducing the welfare program. The targeted population was the needy, i.e. those with little or no income at all. Despite the good intentions of the welfare program, some of the citizens really abused it. Some people opted to remain unmarried so as to obtain more benefits from the program. Studies also reveal that some citizens became reluctant in search for jobs, since the government provided ...

Solving Medicare crisis

Medicare a communal insurance program offers health insurance coverage to people aged 65 years and above, people who meet a special criterion, permanently disabled people and individuals who have a congenital physical disability. The United States government administers the Medicare program. Medicare covers over to 40 million elderly and disabled people. Over the past few decades the program has helped, the program has helped countless retirees and disabled people stay health thus saving countless lives. This paper provides an in-depth discussion about the crisis facing the Medicare health insurance program.

“Is Medicare in a state of crisis?”

Over the last few decades, the Medicare health insurance program has been ...