Countless Americans don’t take advantage of the social safety net, even when they’re eligible. Learn what you could earn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent weeks, there's been a lot of debate about Social Security programs in the US being referred to as "entitlement programs.

New government data shows that rising government spending on entitlement programs is outpacing tax receipts and contributing to income growth. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showed ...

President Trump’s plans to cut taxes and reduce the federal budget have put a bull’s-eye on significant wasteful spending entrenched in the Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security programs. Democrats ...

President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has started cutting staff and implementing other measures to trim costs throughout the ...

Will the government cut Medicaid? Will Social Security be trimmed back? Are the knives out for Medicare? These are huge concerns for Americans who depend upon entitlements for health care and survival ...

Simply verifying recipients’ identification could save $1 trillion in entitlement spending per year, LexisNexis Special Services CEO Haywood Talcove told a congressional committee. “Between federal, ...

It's that time of year again when Congress debates whether or not to pay our bills - not whether or not to spend money, but whether or not to pay the bills we've already incurred. As usual, threats to ...

WASHINGTON – As the gap in life expectancy between the highest and lowest earners in the U.S. has widened over time, high earners have disproportionately received larger lifetime benefits from ...