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Modern Day reforms include government programs to provide health care services such as the Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare) as well as new policies and laws aimed at either providing humanitarian aid or control of the masses. How do you judge each of these efforts?Government welfare programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Women-Infants-Children, etc.Laws limiting student access to soda, sugar, and fried foods or cities banning large size fast food and sodas

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Welfare programs are there to aid individuals who may be unable to support themselves or take care of themselves as a result of disability, unemployment, underemployment and a host of other limitations. For example social security consist host of welfare programs established under the social security act and put in place by the US government to cater for the needs of citizens who have retired, are disabled or simply need this aid based on certain conditions

Laws limiting individuals from taking certain foods such as sugar or soda could be seen as welfare backed laws which are there to protect the welfare interests of the citizens(part of the functions of government)

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