Understanding the US Government. Episode 22, How the US Social Safety Net Works
(2022, original release: 2020)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
13413041
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

The federal social safety net is designed to alleviate poverty among the elderly, needy families, and the disabled. Learn about the TANF program, or "welfare," and the institutions of Social Security, disability insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. Take account of the financial strains on these programs, questions of their future solvency, and the political controversies that surround them

Film

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Jennifer Victor

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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