Posts Tagged ‘Poverty’

Latah County sees spike in emergency poverty requests
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The University of Idaho has also alleviated some of the indigent cost by requiring students to have insurance. For people who expect to see recurring medical costs from disease, the county will set them up with coverage under Idaho's Pre-existing … Read more on Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Xpress Flex Owner Indicted for Wire Fraud and Theft from a Health Care Benefit …
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BOISE—Michael Wayne Davis, II, 45, of Raleigh, North Carolina, formerly of Eagle, Idaho, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boise on eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of theft from a health care benefit plan, United States … Read more on 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Defining an Agenda for Poverty Reduction, Volume 2: Proceedings of the First Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty

Used – Citing specific examples of positive social development and protection programs in Asia, this collection of papers calls for further deliberate governmental action to achieve a significant reduction in Asian poverty levels. Government experiences in Cambodia and the Republic of Korea garner particular attention, as does the role of trade unions in an increasingly global labor market. Also included are discussions on the viability of community-wide health insurance schemes in poor nations

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Healthcare Reform and Poverty in Latin America

Used – This book identifies key problems facing healthcare systems in Latin America and evaluates the reforms that have been implemented to date. It pays particular attention to problems of implementation and the impact that changes to health policy are having on poor and vulnerable groups.

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This 60 minute webshop presented by Susan Hailman (Campaign Consultation Incorporated) and sponsored by AmeriCorps VISTA is an online chat/discussion about the VISTA experience with poverty and what it’s like to serve in distressed areas.

The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination

Used – This book was written to provide students with a broad overview of the dimensions of poverty and discriminations, the various explanations for these social ills, and the policy options for addressing them. The book provides an organized, ready access to the issues of poverty and discrimination, and offers up-to-date discussions of major policy initiatives, including welfare reform, child support, healthcare and training initiatives. A bibliography of recent research that helps students id

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Poverty and Single Parent Families: A Study of Minimal Subsistence Household Budgets

This book proposes a new approach to setting poverty lines and estimating poverty rates for single parent families using Basic Needs Budgets that calculate how much single parent families need to live decently. The research finds that in 1996, the before-tax income needed to support the Basic Needs Budget for a single parent in a Northeastern central city employed outside the home was almost twice the official poverty threshold. When these thresholds are used to recalculate the major poverty statistics, the poverty rate of single parent families increases by almost 20%. The poverty rate of families receiving welfare benefits declines slightly, while the poverty rate of full-time workers almost triples.Unlike the official thresholds, the Basic Needs Budgets make allowances for the cost of child care services. The budgets are adjusted to reflect the reduced income needs of families receiving both public non-cash benefits and child care subsidies. They consider the impact of free child care services from relatives and employer-provided group health insurance on the cash required to make ends meet; take into account the significant regional differences in the cost of housing and transportation; and adjust the poverty thresholds for differences in family size. This important study demonstrates that most single parents cannot earn enough in the labor market to provide a decent standard of living for their families without subsidized child care and employer-paid group health insurance.