
Budget Basics: Medicaid
This budget explainer describes what Medicaid is, how it is financed, and who benefits from it.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-medicaid
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This budget explainer describes what Medicaid is, how it is financed, and who benefits from it.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-medicaid
Despite improvements to the labor market since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate remains high, especially for non-white workers. Get the facts here.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/01/the-unemployment-rate-remains-historically-high
Medicaid provides health insurance to low-income Americans. Children make up nearly half of the program’s enrollment, but most spending is directed towards the elderly and disabled.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0093_medicaid_demographics
Medicaid finances about one-third of all home health and nursing home care spending in the United States.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0095_medicaid_home_health
Medicare covers more than 40 percent of the nation's home health care bills and more than 20 percent of most other health services.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0092_medicare_share_costs
Hospital expenses are the largest category of Medicare spending, but their share has fallen over time.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0089_composition_medicare_payments
On average, Medicare benefits far exceed taxes over an individual’s lifetime.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0197_Medicare_lifetime_benefits
On December 27, 2020, the federal government enacted a relief package that included a second round of Economic Impact Payments (often referred to as “stimulus payments”) to Americans.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/01/what-to-know-about-the-second-coronavirus-stimulus-checks
The economic impact of the coronavirus has been profound, but it has not been felt equally by all demographic groups.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2020/12/five-key-takeaways-from-the-unemployment-data
Here's an overview of some of the programs that face impending deadlines or are set to expire soon.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2020/11/several-coronavirus-relief-programs-are-set-to-expire-soon