America’s major entitlement programs are often significantly more expensive than those in other nations, but much less effective in reducing poverty.
For instance, in 2017, the United States spent twice as much on Social Security than Australia or Canada did on their public pension programs. Yet, those nations’ poorest senior citizens enjoy substantially higher incomes than their American counterparts. America’s national government in 2019 gave states 64% more per capita for Medicaid alone than Canada provided to its provinces. Yet 11% of Americans remained uninsured.
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Chris Pope is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Follow him on Twitter here.
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