[_heimdall]

Interesting, I could see that going either way. Surely there is waste when funds are split across multiple programs, but the potential benefit to that approach is that people may get benefits from one or two programs rather than all of them.

WIC and the CA are great examples. The population helped by both programs is purposefully smaller than the total population. If the funds currently spent only on mothers or veterans is spread across everyone it seems reasonable that efficiencies of moving to a single program wouldn't make up for the increased number of beneficiaries.