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  2. Mandatory spending - Wikipedia

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    Medicare is a government administered health insurance program for senior citizens. [9] In the 10 years following the creation of Medicare, mandatory spending increased from 30 percent to over 50 percent of the federal budget. The graph to the right shows the larger share of the Federal Budget that mandatory spending has taken up over time.

  3. Entitlement program - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, an entitlement program is a type of "government program that provides individuals with personal financial benefits (or sometimes special government-provided goods or services) to which an indefinite (but usually rather large) number of potential beneficiaries have a legal right [...] whenever they meet eligibility conditions that are specified by the standing law that ...

  4. How much is the winter fuel payment and who can still get it?

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    The changes mean that more than 10 million pensioners will not receive a payment for winter 2024. Several charities, unions and MPs criticised the decision to means-test the payment.

  5. Federal grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States.

  6. Benefit period - Wikipedia

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    A benefit period is a length of time during which a benefit is paid. This may be a government benefit such as the British Housing Benefit, [1] or a healthcare benefit system such as the American Medicare, or payment from an insurance policy such as a Payment protection insurance [2] which covers mortgage or other commitments after accident, illness or redundancy.

  7. DOGE tracker: A running list of what Elon Musk and Vivek ...

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    Here's a running list of things Musk and Ramaswamy have said they'll do as they gear up to take on ... The federal government spends about $2 billion each year to maintain federal office buildings ...

  8. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the Conservative government cancelled the EI surpluses entirely in 2010, and required EI contributors to make up the 2009, 2010 and 2011 annual deficits by increasing EI premiums. On 11 December 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a court challenge launched against the federal government by two Quebec unions, who argued that EI ...

  9. Government shutdown odds are rising. Economic experts ... - AOL

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    The rising odds of a shutdown came after a deal to avert a government stoppage fell apart dramatically on Wednesday afternoon amid opposition from Elon Musk followed by President-elect Donald Trump.