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What Republicans Misunderstand About Health-Care Costs

Congratulations! The cost of your health insurance is increasing.
Romney Gets Welfare Politics Right as Ad Misses on Facts

Mitt Romney’s claim that President Barack Obama has quietly gutted the nation’s welfare overhaul may be a political winner with some voters.
Obama Puts Democrats Back in Welfare Reform Trap

Political controversy over welfare is back after a 16-year hiatus.
Mississippi Whites Not Used to Help Back Republican Aid Cutters

Like many people in Mississippi, Kevin and Nanine Parker have felt the sting of a strong recession and a weak recovery. Now, no longer able to make ends meet, they’ve reluctantly applied for food stamps.
Romney’s ‘Very Poor’ at Highest in 35 Years as Safety Gaps Grow

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statement that the “very poor” don’t concern him comes at a time when the portion of Americans living in deep poverty is the highest in more than a generation while assistance varies widely and is often inadequate.
Santorum Plan to Spur Workers by Cutting Aid Seen as Wrong Cure

Rick Santorum has a remedy for the U.S. jobs crisis: Make it harder to be unemployed.
U.S. Income Drop Raises Stakes in Presidential Race

U.S. household income fell to its lowest level in more than a decade in 2010 and poverty rose to a 17-year high, setting the stage for the debate over jobs and the economy that will dominate the 2012 presidential race.
Food Stamps Keep Going Up as Unemployment Falls: BGOV Barometer

Food-stamp use has been increasing even as unemployment declines, a break with historic patterns as more eligible recipients such as those stuck in part-time jobs take advantage of the program.
Senior Citizens in U.S. Falling Into Poverty Faster Under Census Measure

More Americans, and a greater percentage of the elderly, were poor in 2010 than the U.S. Census Bureau estimated in September, new figures from the agency show.