Compared to other industrialized nations, the United States allocate much less budget to welfare.
America allocates approximately 19% of its annual budget to welfare that includes services for families and children, housing, unemployment, social protection, workmen’s compensation and most importantly—Medicaid.
Congress needed 9 of 13 states to pass any laws. Requiring this high supermajority made it very difficult to pass any legislation that would affect all 13 states
