claim: the federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
author: jim jordan
evidence_1: apr 22, 2011 ... in addition to medicaid is the children's health insurance program ... then there  is federal housing assistance, totaling $77 billion in ... the federal government  also provides means tested assistance ... indeed, over the past 2 decades, total  welfare spending has been growing faster than social security and ...
evidence_2: jul 1, 2004 ... spending on social welfare programs in rich and poor states. ... typically,  though not exclusively, programs with means tests. ... direct expenditures by the  federal government — such as the federal earned income tax ... affected  different types of social welfare spending in different ways, ... e77, f77, g77
evidence_3: my name is robert rector. i am a senior research fellow at the heritage  foundation. the views i express in this testimony are my own, and should not be  ...
evidence_4: the gwe is not defined by statute, but has evolved through various revenue ...  the federal government from taxing its own social welfare programs. ..... in  revenue ruling 77-77, business grants were provided to indians without means  testing ... meeting on november 30, 2011, that means testing can distort tribal  cultural and ...
evidence_5: medicaid in the united states is a joint federal and state program that helps with  medical costs for some people with limited income and resources. medicaid also  offers benefits not normally covered by medicare, like nursing ... it is a means- tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments and ...