federal benefits
National welfare programs
Federal benefits are payments, services, or programs provided by the national government to eligible individuals.
These include Social Security, Medicare, veterans' benefits, unemployment insurance, food assistance, and disability payments.
She's been living on federal benefits since losing her job.
The term often appears in discussions of government spending and social safety nets.
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
- SNAPFederal nutrition assistance
- Pell GrantsFederal need-based college funding
- Social SecurityFederal old-age insurance program
- direct depositFunds sent to account automatically
farm subsidies · disability pensions · safety net programs · FHA loans · TANF · welfare office · means testing · unemployment insurance · housing vouchers · work-study programs · military pensions · prescription drug coverage · public housing projects · food stamps · Head Start · child tax credit · WIC · mental health services
- public benefitssocial assistance, disability, pension plan, welfare rights, income support
- federal paybase pay, pay grade, pay grades, grade level, executive pay
- public insuranceMedicare, Medicaid, FDIC, FEMA, flood insurance
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- health insurancepremium, deductible, copay, coverage, health insurance card
- Social SecuritySSN, FICA, Social Security Administration, full retirement age, beneficiaries
federal benefitscharitable donations
Gifts to worthy causes
mutual aid · family support · private insurance · personal savings · GoFundMe
federal benefitsearned income
Pay from work
wages · salary · investment returns · self-reliance · business profits
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