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Carrington, William; Dahl, Molly; Falk, Justin – Congressional Budget Office, 2013
The federal government devotes roughly one-sixth of its spending to 10 major means-tested programs and tax credits, which provide cash payments or assistance in obtaining health care, food, housing, or education to people with relatively low income or few assets. Those programs and credits consist of the following: (1) Medicaid; (2) the low-income…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Tax Credits
Manchester, Joyce; Topoleski, Julie – Congressional Budget Office, 2008
In a continuation of long-term trends, life expectancy has been steadily increasing in the United States for the past several decades. Accompanying the recent increases, however, is a growing disparity in life expectancy between individuals with high and low income and between those with more and less education. The difference in life expectancy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Cohort Analysis, Social Indicators