Maybe this time the data is so depressing that both the electorate and politicians will wake up.

How Medicaid metastasized into one of the fastest-growing entitlement programs.

An interesting map, but the data could use some refinement.

Could the U.S. become a failed welfare state?

Might Trump do the right thing on entitlements?

Just how big is the problem?

One reason why the fiscal burden of health entitlements keeps growing so rapidly.

As dependency goes up, cultural capital plummets.

We’re not in immediate danger of hitting the tipping point, but the trends are not good.