What do you identify as the most successful social welfare program in the United States? Why has it been successful? What strengths and weaknesses do you see in this program? Be sure to provide both...

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Title: Most Successful Social Welfare Program in the US
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The Most Successful Social Welfare Program in US    3
Reason for its Success    3
Strengths and Weaknesses of this Program under Present as well as Previous Frameworks    3
Reforms for Improving Efficiency of Policy    4
Works Cited    5
The Most Successful Social Welfare Program in US
Social welfare programs, by their literal sense, are the plans or systems to provide support to the people in the society that can help them live better lives. In the US, various social welfare programs have been promoted both at the federal and state levels, which have provided the indigenous citizens of America with federal assistance, basic civic amenities, education to children and healthcare services (Moffitt). One such program is the Medicaid, which has been the most successful social welfare program in the US. Medicaid is a health insurance program that cover a vast number of healthcare issues, against which care services are delivered to the patients holding this coverage (Medicaid). It entitles better care quality and improved living conditions to both American-born and non-American born people.
Reason for its Success
The key reason for the success of Medicaid program is its multiple benefits that it imparts to the people in US. In 2014, 64.9mn adults were covered under this program, who had poor income, while 50% of the amount entitled under this coverage, was used to provide care for 29.5mn children (Galewitz). A significant percentage of 40% US-born citizens are...