The "fungible value" of Medicaid coverage is calculated as the smaller of (1) what it costs taxpayers to provide the coverage or (2) the difference between the household's money income and the amount it needs to cover its basic needs of food and housing.
"You have been deprived of many things which represent the basic needs of the human person: proper housing, health care, education and work," he said.
Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged as a distinctive example of a housing development that perfectly confronts the harsh desert climate and responds adequately to the basic needs of its users.
(Beyond basic needs, of course).
This basic failure helps to explain several other failures of the development project so far: the persistence of widespread hunger and very poor nutrition indicators; the inadequate provision of basic needs like housing, electricity and other essential infrastructure; the poor state of health facilities for most people; and the slow expansion of education.
"Families might have survived as their incomes flattened, except for one hard fact: the costs of basic needs like housing, education and child care exploded," the op-ed continues.
Since then, HandUp raised $2.4 million in donations for 100 nonprofits across the country and helped 25,000 people meet some of their basic needs, like housing and medical care.
Two-thirds of Detroiters can't afford basic needs like housing and health care, even when family members are employed, according to a new report.
On Tuesday, the House is expected to approve a smaller package of $17 billion that barely covers basic needs like temporary housing.
