Welfare for Dummies(TAXPAYERS!)
By William Bissell Copyright 2019
By William Bissell Copyright 2019
Entitlements: the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. When one thinks and talks about the labyrinth of Welfare, food stamps, section 8 and the many other giveaway programs that are extended and considered, 'The social net.' Most of us(Taxpayers) really don't know what we are talking about. There are plenty of anecdotal stories out there, and many are true, but there must be a clear reality to all this fog. There is a system, as chaotic as it is. These give away's are in place and the price tags are enormous. So it is within this pea soup that we decided to uncover and cut through the mysteries of these programs. The goal is to shine a light and bring transparency to this archaic socialist experiment run amok. We want to expose the true nature of these drains on tax payer dollars. We will unravel the gigantic knot that is, The Welfare State.(Authors Wise-cracks)
Looking for Help? Over 600 government benefits in one place. WelfareInfo.org 2019
This is a complete list of all states, smallest to largest tax dollars spent. Money poured into a bucket with a hole at the bottom, with no end in sight.
Wyoming: $843M -South Dakota: $1.1B - North Dakota: $1.6B - Montana: $1.8B - Vermont:$1.8B - Alaska: $2.2B - Delaware: $2.4B - Idaho: $2.5B - New Hampshire: $2.6B - Rhode Island: $2.6B - Nebraska: $2.7B - Hawaii: $2.9B - Maine: $3.4B - Utah: $3.6B - Kansas: $4.2B - Nevada: $4.2B - West Virginia: $4.4B - New Mexico: $5.7B - Mississippi: $6.3B - Iowa: $6.5B - Oklahoma: $6.6B - Arkansas: $6.9B - Alabama: $7.2B - South Carolina: $7.4B - Connecticut: $7.5B - Colorado: $8.5B - Louisiana: $8.7B - Missouri: $8.9B - Oregon: $10.4B - Kentucky: $11.2B - Tennessee: $11.5B - Georgia: $12B - Maryland: $12.1B - Virginia: $12.1B - Wisconsin: $12.3B - Indiana: $12.7B - Washington: $12.9B - North Carolina: $13.4B- Arizona: $14.0B - Minnesota: $15.6B - Michigan: $16.9B - New Jersey: $17.7B - Massachusetts: $19.9B - Illinois: $20.2B - Ohio: $26.2B - Florida: $26.7B - Pennsylvania: $30.3B - Texas: $37.9B - New York:$79.8 - California: $105.3B; WOW! $650.4+ Billion per year, National Welfare payout! {By Gabrielle Olya October 12, 2018}(But as we all know, budgets rise and expand every year, this is not even close to being the end)
Number One; NYState pays the highest Welfare benefits out per capita, a Whopping $3,305. Total public welfare expenditures: $19.85 billion.
In order to apply for Welfare, there are certain requirements to adhere to:(Ready?)
A basic lack of gainful employment opportunity, through either lack of places of employment or lack of job skill.(In other words, you can try to get a job, or not!)
A commitment to self-sufficiency is necessary before any potential recipient can begin to receive benefits. Heads of household must enter into an agreement they will become self-sufficient within a certain timeframe.(Timeframe? HUH! Who ever gets off Welfare?)
A commitment to cooperation must be signed by the heads of household that they will comply with and continue all regulations and requirements while receiving aid.(Sure)
You must be a legal and permanent resident of the state to which you are applying.(Not True)
You must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified non-citizen legal resident, restrictions apply.(Flies in the face of the last requirement, NON-Citizen?)
A commitment to complete accuracy and honesty during the program.(Right)
All monetary resources must be divulged. This includes cash within the home, in checking or savings accounts and items of value in possession such as jewelry or electronics.(Ha, no doubt including money made selling drugs or boyfriends living at home, under the table)
A household financial budget must be created and adhered to.(Who Checks on this, Mr. Peepers?!? Hi, I'm from the Welfare Department here to check your monthly budget)
These programs are cash assistance (TANF), the child support programs, child care, energy or utility assistance, food assistance, medical assistance, and vocational rehabilitation services.
The child support program can supplement partial child care fees or provide 100% fee assistance.(Which would you take?)
In FY 2019 total US government spending on welfare — federal, state, and local — is “guesstimated” to be $1,132 Billion, including $650 billion for Medicaid, and $482 billion in other welfare layouts.(That's $1.132 TRILLION this year alone!)
Welfare programs are government subsidies to the poor. Recipients must prove their income falls below a certain income level. In 2019, that's $25,750 for a family of four. Never confuse welfare programs with entitlement programs.(What?) Some portray the "Welfare Queen" as those who cheat the system to get enough benefits to drive a Cadillac.(Never see that do we)
TANF is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Supplemental Security Income, Earned Income Tax Credit.
The Cash allowance benefits for financial assistance; an average expectation can be placed on a family of 4 receiving up to $900 for their TANF allowance. A single person household can expect an average of up to $300. These allowance benefits would be separate from any additional welfare benefits.(God Bless America)
Other Welfare programs: Cash welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, workers compensation, housing, excluding health care.
1. The energy or utility assistance program "HEAP" which is intended to help those who cannot afford to pay for basic utility needs, such as heat, electricity and/or gas and water. Like the child support program, it will supplement part of or provide 100% of the monthly utility costs. Eligible households can receive anywhere from $350 - $675+.(Turn the heat down and close the doors and windows)
You may also be eligible for an 2. Emergency HEAP Benefit, from $350 - $675 Extra, if your heat would be turned off(Didn't pay your bill?) 3. You may also Need,(Ha) The Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement benefit. The Equipment Repair and Replacement benefit can help you repair or replace your furnace, boiler and other direct heating equipment, $3000 - $6500.(Holy Smokes)
4. The HEAP Clean and Tune benefit, a maximum of $400. 5. You may also receive one Cooling Assistance benefit for up to $800 with installation.(Thank God)
6. SNAP, The food stamps program will help households acquire food for the home without having to use other sources of income on groceries. Under SNAP, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, soft drinks, some types of energy drinks, candy, cakes, cookies, chips and ice cream are classified as eligible food items. You can also purchase seafood and steak.(Not bad)
Food Stamps; With this give a way, the more you make annually, the less you get. The Less you make, the more foodies you receive.(So the incentive is Inverse. Once a person declares they make a salary, the stamps are trimmed or cut off completely. This then forces the recipient to work under the table, or better yet, not work at all. Uncle Ted Nugent calls this the asset column. Are you an asset or a liability, pretty simple)
7. The California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. To be fully eligible for the WIC Program, applicants must be determined by a health professional, at 'no cost', to be at nutritional risk i.e., have certain medical-based or diet-based risk conditions.
7A. WIC-approved food list. States, generally allow cow's milk or soy milk, juice, cheese, tofu, eggs, canned fish, peanut butter, butter, dry beans or lentils, canned goods, fruits and vegetables, whole grain cereal, bread/rolls/bagels, infant cereal, formula and baby food.
(Years ago my girlfriend and I went to visit her friend. Her cabinets, pantry, frig, freezer and shelves were Stuffed Full of this foods. 6 jugs of Peanut butter, canned goods, breads, many gallons of milk, multiple boxes of cereal, juices and she was going to get more the next day!)
8. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans, including some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. The federal government provides a portion of the funding for Medicaid.
Medicaid per state: Medicaid pays medical bills and drug costs.(Sex change operations?) 1.California: 87,217 Doctors 114,303,591 Prescriptions $8,205,892,050 Cost 1,259 Drugs
2.New York: 61,502 Doc's 76,992,321
50. Wyoming: 1,360 Doc's 1,329,501
Each state has different options that can affect eligibility. Many states have 'Expanded' their Medicaid programs, so even if you didn’t qualify for Medicaid before, you might be eligible now, depending on your household income, family size, disability, and other factors. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or a permanent resident.(Or an illegal, amnesty seeking, MS-13 or Los Zita gang member with Hepatitus A or B and Tuberculosis) Visit HealthCare.gov to find out if you may qualify for Medicaid. Visit Medicaid.gov for details.
Medicaid programs, which has grown 25 percent over the past three years. The Budget provides the Department of Health with a range of tools to lower the cost of prescription drugs, including the ability to drive down the cost of certain drugs whose price is high relative to its therapeutic benefits. The FY 2018 Budget also enables the Medicaid program to allocate more resources for other essential health services and ensure high-quality care across New York State.(Thank Heaven)
9. Medicare Supplement Insurance is a form of private health insurance that helps cover certain Medicare out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles, copayments and coinsurance. 9A. Medicare Part A; Deductible
9B. Medicare Part A; Coinsurance for Inpatient Hospital Stay
9C. Medicare Part A; Coinsurance for Skilled Nursing Facility Care
9D. Medicare Part B; Deductible
9E. Medicare Part B; Copayment The medical assistance programs provides the welfare benefits of medical insurance to those without it.
10. Well checks, doctor visits and basic medical care cannot be obtained without insurance. Medicare and Medicaid provide the coverage for health and well being while also providing for regular doctor visits. 11. prescriptions, 12. dental care and 13. eye care
(Let us call this list 14A. from Medicaid.gov website) Medicaid State Plan Amendments - Access to Care - Access Monitoring Review Plans - Program Integrity - National Correct Coding Initiative - Affordable Care Act Program Integrity - Provisions - Cost Sharing - Cost Sharing Exemptions - Out of Pocket Costs - Indian Health & Medicaid - Indian Health Care Improvement Act - American Recovery & Reinvestment Act - Tribal Affairs Guidance & Resources - Supporting Enrollment Efforts - Helping Connect Enrollees to Care - Living Well - Quality of Care - Improvement Initiatives - Medicaid Managed Care - Performance Measurement - Continuous Eligibility - Express Lane Eligibility - Lawfully Residing Immigrant Children & Pregnant Women - Presumptive Eligibility - Home & Community Based Services - Authorities - HCBS Training - Statewide Transition Plans - Medicaid & CHIP Enrollment Data - Medicaid & CHIP Marketplace Interactions - Targeted Enrollment Strategies - Eligibility Verification Policies - Section 1115 Demonstrations - Transparency - 1115 Demonstration Monitoring & Evaluation Initiative - State Waivers List - Estate Recovery - MAGI Conversion Plan - Seniors & Medicare and Medicaid Enrollees - Verification Plans - Minimum Essential Coverage - Spousal Impoverishment - Medicaid Third Party Liability & Coordination of Benefits - Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control - Managed Care - Managed Care Authorities - Enrollment Report - Managed Care Entities and Guidance - Managed LTSS - Profiles & Data Collections - Technical Assistance - Financial Management - Disproportionate Share Hospitals - Medicaid Administrative Claiming - State Expenditure Reporting for Medicaid & CHIP - Section 223 Demonstration Program to Improve Community Mental Health Services - Data & Systems - Medicaid Enterprise Systems Newsletter - MACBIS - Medicaid Information Technology Architecture - Medicaid Management Information System - Health Information Technology - Health Information Exchange - IT Procurement Opportunities - Alternative Benefit Plans - Autism Services - Behavioral Health Services - Dental Care - Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis & Treatment - Hospice Benefits - Mandatory & Optional Medicaid Benefits - Prevention - Telemedicine - Prescription Drugs - Branded Prescription Drug Fee Program - Covered Outpatient Drug Policy - Excluded Drug Coverage - HCV Communication - Medicaid Drug Rebate Program - Pharmacy Pricing - State Drug Utilization Data - State Prescription Drug Resources - Retail Price Survey - Long Term Services & Supports - Health Homes - Balancing Incentive Program - Integrating Care - Community Living - Employment Initiatives - Institutional Long Term Care - Money Follows the Person - Alternatives to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities - Self Directed Services - TEFT Program
State plan amendments (SPAs) & States also submit SPAs to request permissible program changes and amendments. Medicaid.gov website for just California alone has 284 state plan amendments. NYState program changes are 499. Texas has 431 changes.(Yikes!)
As of January 2019, California has enrolled 11,823,859 individuals in Medicaid and CHIP, a net increase of 52.46% since the first Marketplace Open Enrollment Period and related Medicaid program changes in October 2013. NY enrolled 6,527,141 individuals, a net increase of 14.95% same time frame. Texas has 4,277,703 individuals. New Mexico has enrolled 729,051, a net increase of 59.29%. Arizona has enrolled 1,701,450, a net increase of 41.58%. Florida has enrolled 4,184,636, a net increase of 13.24%.(Demonstrating the boarder states are being over run and growing exponentially)
New York State’s $79.8 Billion Medicaid program includes $5.3 billion of 15. “supplemental payments;” that is, payments not directly associated with provision of medical services. These supplemental payments are crucial to the financial viability of many hospitals across the state, especially those largely serving uninsured and Medicaid populations.(Double Dip)
California's proposed budget for 2017-2018 allots $105.3 billion for the support of California’s Department of Health Care Services programs, including Medi-Cal.(What is it for 2019?)
(I promise, Last one) Inpatient and outpatient hospital services - Physicians' surgical and medical services - Laboratory and X-ray services - well-baby and well-child care - dental coverage - behavioral health care - vaccines.(The End, errr.... not really)
16. Head Start; is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Many Head Start programs also provide 17 Early Head Start, which serves infants, toddlers, and pregnant women and their families who have incomes below the Federal poverty level. Each state has their own Head Start programs. Other programs are:
18. Indian Child Welfare Act Programs. The purpose of the program is to promote the stability and security of American Indian tribes/Alaskan Native families.
19. Indian Child and Family Education. The purpose of the program is to begin educating children at an early age through parental involvement, to increase high school graduation rates among Indian parents.(Indian Parents?)
20. Child Care Access means Parents in School Program. This program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services.(Bring your kid to school day)
21. Adoption Assistance. Also known as adoption subsidies, provides financial help and services for children with physical, mental and developmental disabilities and their adoptive parents.(Sounds reasonable)
22. Chafee Foster Care Independent Living. The Program assists states and localities in establishing and carrying out programs designed to assist foster youth likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age.
23. Child Support Enforcement. The program provides services to locate absent parents, establish paternity, and enforce support obligations. People who receive assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Foster Care, and Medicaid.
24. The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) reimburses child and adult care institutions and family or group day care homes for providing nutritious meals and snacks to the children and older adults or chronically impaired persons with disabilities in their care.
25. As part of their regular care, children and adults receive nutritious meals and snacks at child care centers and homes that participate in CACFP. Child care centers, adult day care centers, day care homes, afterschool care centers, and emergency shelters receive cash reimbursement for serving meals and snacks that meet Federal nutritional guidelines.
26. State Children's Health Insurance Program. (CHIP) is a partnership between the federal and state governments that provides low-cost health coverage to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. In some states, CHIP covers pregnant women.
For CHIP benefit program, you must be under 19 or be a primary caregiver with a child under 19, not covered by health insurance {including Medicaid}, and a U.S. national, citizen, legal alien, or permanent resident.
27. One of the basic criteria for the SRS program is that the recipients work towards someday leaving the program. For that purpose vocational rehabilitation services will give job training and skills that will help the recipients obtain gainful employment on their own.(Great)
28. DEBT Settlement; Have you found yourself in need of a debt management plan? Debt settlement services can help you set your financial footing when times are tough.(My Wife)
29. Many of those needy Americans have reached the point where they consider a telephone a luxury that they cannot afford. The Obama Phone program (also known as Lifeline Assistance) can lift that burden. More than 20 million Americans have already received a free Obama Phone and get 250 free cell phone minutes every month. The Federal Communications Commission has approved a number of companies national and regional companies to offer them to needy Americans.(In 2017, Now it Must be many many more)
30. 2018 Budget, New York leads the nation by making college tuition-free at SUNY and CUNY two- and four-year colleges for working and middle-class families making up to $125,000 per year. $163 million to make college tuition free for middle-class families at SUNY and CUNY, and 31. An additional $8 million to increase access to e-books statewide.
31. The Excelsior Scholarship is a ‘last mile’ program, which extends the state’s existing generous aid programs, including the nearly $1 billion Tuition Assistance Program and any applicable federal grants, and fills in any remaining gaps to cover the full cost of tuition.
32. The Budget includes an over $800 million investment in prekindergarten to expand high-quality half-day and full-day prekindergarten for three- and four-year-old children in high-need school districts.
33. Community Schools: The Budget provides $150 million—an increase of $50 million—to support the continued transformation of high-need schools into community hubs. This funding supports services that are unique to each school’s individual needs, including 33A. before-and-after school programs, 33B. summer learning activities, 33C. medical and 33D. dental care, and 33E. other social services.
34. 2018 Budget increases the state’s after-school investment with $35 million in new funding for public after-school programs in the state’s 16 Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI) as well as in communities in the state with high rates of child poverty.
34A. More than 1.3 million low- and middle-income students attend California’s public colleges and universities each year without having to pay tuition. There are 42 such programs across California, each with its own eligibility rules and financial awards. Cal Grants, which provided $1.9 billion worth of aid to 329,000 students at public and private colleges in the 2016-17. (Got to be higher 2018-2019)
34X. Twenty states offer in-state tuition to unauthorized immigrant students, In June 2001, Texas (HB1403) was the first state to pass legislation allowing in-state tuition for immigrant students, followed by California (AB540), Utah (HB144), and New York (SB7784) in 2001-2002; Washington (HB1079), Illinois (HB60) in 2003; Kansas (HB2145) in 2004; New Mexico (SB582) in 2005; Nebraska (LB239) in 2006; Wisconsin (A75) in 2009; Maryland (S167/H470); Connecticut (H6390) in 2011 and Colorado (S33), Minnesota (S1236), New Jersey (S2479) and Oregon (H2787) in 2013. Oklahoma passed SB 596, Hawai’i Board of Regents (2013), Michigan Board of Regents (2013) and Rhode Island Board of Governors (2011).
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to expand the state’s free college tuition program to include thousands of illegal immigrant students. “The legislation, entitled the DREAM Act, is a nightmare for New York taxpayers,” Assemblyman Andy Goodell, R-Jamestown said. The Dream Acts, which offer in-state tuition to young undocumented immigrants. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) & Non-eligible, Non-U.S. citizens planning to attend college can find assistance, including legal and other support services through the following links.(Millions of Students come here and apply for Tuition-Free Programs. While I, and millions of citizens pay our way through college, costing us $!.3+ Trillion in Loans, Hmm?)
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