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The number of Americans receiving financial aid from the government has soared since the financial crisis, and this fact is frequently used as evidence of American failure. The Drudge Report highlights today that 'one in six' Americans are now receiving government aid, which is truly a shocking statistic. Programs such as Medicaid are already overwhelmed, and new health laws haven't even taken effect yet: USA Today: "Virtually every Medicaid director in the country would say that their current enrollment is the highest on record," says Vernon Smith of Health Management Associates, which surveys states for Kaiser Family Foundation. The program...

More Than One Million May Lose Jobless Benefits Over Deficit Concern Thursday, 29 Apr 2010 03:13 PM By: Dan Weil Congress will likely stop extending the limit for receiving unemployment benefits because of concern about the exploding deficit. That means the number of unemployed Americans who will stop getting the aid, after 99 straight weeks of checks, will break one million in coming months, according to Bloomberg. Congress already has lengthened the period for which the unemployed may receive aid – 46 weeks originally – three times since the recession began in 2007. Democrats who have provided the support for...