Improving Our Nation's Entitlement Programs
24 June 2016
James Capretta, Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses a new report that explores ways to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of our nation's biggest and most costly entitlement programs, how demographic trends impact health care costs, and whether the welfare state should be replaced by guaranteed income for all.
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