Families with children under the age of 18 are eligible for cash benefits, which New York calls welfare or temporary family assistance. A family's gross income must be less than 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines for a family of that size. Fami
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Public aid includes food stamps, reduced housing costs, free and reduced meals for school children, medical assistance, aid for victims of natural disasters and aid to foreign countries for a variety of issues, including health care, war and poverty.
Continue reading >>U.S. Government-backed student loans were first offered in the 1950s under the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), and were only available to select categories of students, such as those studying toward engineering, science, or education degrees.
Continue reading >>President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in March 2010. This law is intended to make sweeping changes to healthcare in the United States. Many of the law’s provisions are already in effect, while others will come in the next few years.
Continue reading >>Most health plans and health care providers that are covered by the new Rule must comply with the new requirements by April 14, 2003.
Continue reading >>The Census Bureau reports that in 2007 nearly 37 million of the uninsured were employment-age adults (ages 18 to 64) and more than 27 million worked at least part-time.
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