Time limits on welfare can lead to higher mortality rates
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
US workfare programs have been praised for improving the economic well-being of families but little is known about how these policies affected participants' health and mortality. In a study of enrollees in Florida's Family Transition Program who were given a time limit for welfare benefits, researchers found that participants had a 16 percent higher mortality rate or nine months of life expectancy lost compared to recipients of traditional welfare.