Social Programs
Vox’s home for examining the state of social security, Medicaid, Medicare, welfare, food stamps, and more.
Cutting 11 percent of the check someone lives on and 11 percent of the check someone barely notices are not the same thing.
Maybe that’s why it seems like such an obvious policy idea to the rich.
Everyone thinks the way we pay Medicare doctors is dumb. Now Washington is actually fixing it.
The savings look pretty impressive when stacked up against some other big figures.
Raising the retirement age is a big deal, and awful for the poor.
Medicare has spent $315 billion less than expected over the past four years — all thanks to a remarkable slowdown in health-care spending growth.
It’s a great moment for bipartisan politics. But is the “doc fix” replacement actually good for Medicare?
A majority of money spent on four public benefits programs goes to working families.
The right policy would be to do the exact opposite: give people money and let them buy what they want.
There’s a big difference between what they value in immigrants and what US policy values.
A surprising trend under the health law, in one chart.
There’s much in health-care policy that divides Republicans. But there’s one major idea that unites them. Block grants for Medicaid.
A poll that reveals a huge challenge for liberal and conservative health reformers alike.
Governors like Indiana’s Mike Pence have incredible leverage with the White House right now. And they’re not wasting it.
Why not cap health-care prices at 125 percent what Medicare pays?
Expanding Medicaid may be a better investment than many states realize.
The Affordable Care Act temporarily boosted payment rates for primary care doctors who see Medicaid patients in 2013 and 2014.
Here are eight reasons why they should be
America’s Nazi war criminal problem is a surprisingly tricky one.
It doesn’t requite benefit cuts, tax hikes, or changes to the retirement age.
A Supreme Court case could dismantle Obamacare in 36 states.
27 precent of people over 65 think defense is the most important thing for the government to spend money on. Only 7 percent of those under 35 agree.
Healthcare.gov is getting a facelift — one that the Obama administration hopes will simplify consumers’ shopping experience in 2015.
A new report shows that 6.8 million households cut back on eating or changed what they eat because they couldn’t afford food last year. And then Congress cut food stamp benefits.
A new cookbook wants to help SNAP recipients eat well, but there’s only so far it can go.