Social insurance are programs that are funded by the payroll taxes. Public assistance programs are funded by the government and include anything that assists the health, public, and education. Both social insurance programs and public assistance programs are made to help the needy. One social insurance program would be Medicare, it is for people that are sixty-five and up who have not claimed their social security benefits. It is also for people who have kidney failure and people who have been receive social security benefits for two years. They have to pay into when they are working in order for them to receive it. Another social insurance program would be social security. It is money that is provided to people who have no income.
