Did the U.S. Congress declare war on the Barbary pirates? Did slavery begin with colonization? Did the War on Terror cause the 2008 recession? Was Medicaid part of the War on Poverty? Were Freedom Rides nonviolent? Did the spoils system fill government jobs with common citizens? Did the Bu...
Black Americans are five times more likely to be imprisoned than White Americans, and despite comprising only about 13% of the nation’s population, Black individuals make up 38.5% of those incarcerated by the federal government (Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2021; Nellis, 2016; United States Censu...
In the 1960s, the government began to expand its role, which was supported by the majority of Americans. However, people had a hard time agreeing on which federally funded programs should be expanded. When President Lyndon Johnson came to office following President John F. Kennedy's assassinatio...
“No one deserves cancer, and everyone deserves quality, timely cancer care,” said Megan Word, the Kansas government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. “For many, many Kansans, KanCare is that cancer care.” The National Brea...
Profitability in the United States is constrained by both public and private reimbursement restrictions; Medicare and Medicaid accounted for 44% of spending in the United States in 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In Europe, the government covers 85% of ...