Category: Health Law

  • In-Kind Assistance Programs

    In-Kind Assistance Programs in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States: In-Kind Assistance Programs Introduction to In-Kind Assistance Programs Most people on welfare receive more than just cash assistance. For example, many low-income families receive some form of food or […]

  • Health Resources And Services Administration

    Health Resources and Services Administration in the United States Introduction to Health Resources and Services Administration Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, established in 1982. The HRSA combines the functions […]

  • General Assistance

    General Assistance in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States: General Assistance Introduction to General Assistance No federal cash welfare programs exist for people who are clearly able to work-single adults and couples who have no dependent children and who are not eligible […]

  • Fogarty International Center For Advanced Study In The Health Sciences

    Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences in the United States National Institutes of Health, NIH Institutes and Centers: Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences Introduction to Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the […]

  • Early Welfare Programs

    Early Welfare Programs in the United States History of Welfare: Early Welfare Programs in the United States Introduction to Early Welfare Programs The American colonists essentially imported the framework of the British Poor Laws. By the early 19th century, states required that counties or […]

  • Department Of Health And Human Services Agencies And Services

    Department of Health and Human Services Agencies and Services in the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Agencies and Services Introduction to Department of Health and Human Services Agencies and Services The department has 11 major divisions, comprising 3 agencies that […]

  • Department of Health and Human Services History

    Department of Health and Human Services History in the United States History of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Introduction to Department of Health and Human Services History The department has had two predecessors: the Federal Security Agency, created in 1939, and the […]

  • Cash Assistance Programs

    Cash Assistance Programs in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States: Cash Assistance Programs Introduction to Cash Assistance Programs In the decades following the passage of the Social Security Act, the scope of the United States’s social welfare safety net grew, modestly at […]

  • Welfare Reform

    Welfare Feform in the United States Welfare Feform Introduction to Welfare Feform The general public and government representatives at all levels have grown increasingly critical of the U.S. welfare system during the last few decades. President Johnson’s War on Poverty failed to fully live up […]

  • Welfare Forms

    Welfare Forms in the United States Forms of Welfare in the United States Introduction to Welfare Forms The U.S. government provides welfare in a number of basic ways. Some programs distribute direct cash assistance that recipients may spend as they choose. Other programs provide specific […]

  • Welfare System

    Welfare System in the United States History of Welfare: Development of the Modern U.S. Welfare System Introduction to Welfare System The modern U.S. welfare system dates to the Great Depression of the 1930s. During the worst parts of the depression, about one-fourth of the labor force was […]

  • Surgeon General History

    Surgeon General History in the United States Surgeon General History of the Surgeon General Introduction to Surgeon General History The government appointed the first surgeon general in 1871 to take charge of the Marine Hospital Service, which cared for ill and injured seamen. From 1912 to […]

  • Surgeon General Work

    Surgeon General Work in the United States Surgeon General Work of the Surgeon General Introduction to Surgeon General Work To inform Americans about health matters, the surgeon general periodically issues scientific reports and sponsors public information campaigns. Among the longest and most […]

  • Surgeon General

    Surgeon General in the United States Introduction to Surgeon General Surgeon General, chief spokesperson on public health for the United States government. The surgeon general is appointed by the president of the United States, with the approval of Congress, and serves in the Cabinet. The […]

  • National Library Of Medicine

    National Library of Medicine in the United States National Institutes of Health, NIH Institutes and Centers: The National Library of Medicine Introduction to National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine gathers, organizes, and maintains biomedical information for the use of […]