Rather, the risk is that government austerity programs provoke double-dip recessions.
The only consolation was that government insurance programs were able to mitigate some of the damage.
One drawback, however, is that many government programs, like art classes or outreach services, may be available only to people who are eligible for Medicaid.
The ad fits into the narrative that minorities are moochers and that government programs transfer wealth from white people to black people.
"Unfortunately, there is not yet evidence that government programs have led to any improvement".
He has denied that Reagan's policies have been too harsh, or that government programs for the poorest of the poor have been damaged, much less destroyed.
One consequence is that a government program called income-based repayment has fallen short of expectations.
The case for the public option is that a government program can achieve cost savings using mechanisms not available to the private sector, including reducing payments to medical providers and avoiding administrative costs, similar to how Medicare and Medicaid operate.
On one side, there is the bureaucracy that government program administrators may erect at any moment.
