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Congress has pproved steady annual funding increases for VA opertions for more than 20 years.

Find out how a government shutdown could impact healthcare and federally funded programs, from Medicare to community health centers. Learn more about the potent

America’s biggest fiscal challenge lies in the unchecked growth of federal health care and old-age entitlement programs.

As another budget confrontation looms in September, some on Capitol Hill are already contending they cannot possibly meet the tight spending limits Congress faces in fiscal year (FY) 2014. Yet they could—if they are willing to seize the moment and eliminate a range of non-defense programs that the government should not be running, that it runs poorly, or that may be harmful to individuals and society. These long-overdue terminations would save $42 billion in the coming fiscal year—more than is needed to reach 2014 spending targets.

The Atlantic Older Americans receive generous benefits, but the immigrants who support them receive little from the government. January 24, 2021 Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Alicia Valeriano, originally from Mexico City, pictured at home in Freehold, New Jersey. Because she doesn’t have a Social Security number, her family did not qualify for aid under the CARES Act, even though she has paid taxes for 18 years.Ed Kashi / VII / Redux Some of the couples eligible for coronavirus-relief stimulus checks last year, and who could receive up to $2,800 more under Joe Bidenâ€...