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Month: June 2017

June 30, 2017July 1, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Mandatory Minimum Sentences Explained

On June 19, 1986, basketball star Len Bias died from what was rumored to have been smoking crack.

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June 30, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Prison Populations by Country

The below information comes from the University of London’s Institute for Criminal Policy Research’s World Prison Brief. The World Prison Brief’s data regarding worldwide incarceration is the most comprehensive and cited data I could find.

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June 29, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

An Increase in Medicaid Spending is a Cut

Here’s a link to all of the content I’ve produced about health care.

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June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Capping Medicaid

Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and state governments. The federal contribution is determined by the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP).

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June 28, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Health Insurance Must be Fair

This page has links to all of the health care-related content I have produced.

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June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Responding to the Heritage Foundation

While researching poverty, I encountered a vile report from the Heritage Foundation.

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June 27, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Another Way to Calculate Poverty

In Poverty In America, I discussed America’s poverty rate and how it’s calculated.

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June 26, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Poverty in America

The formula used to determine whether someone is living in poverty was developed By the Johnson administration in the early 1960s.

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June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Health Insurance and Tax Credits

Currently, someone earning between 100 and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Lebvel (FPL) qualifies for a tax credit to offset the cost of health insurance.

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June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 Jonathan Simeone

Introducing Ivor

a photo of Ivor
Ivor was my first dog guide.

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