Synonyms for safety net
safe·ty net

Princeton's WordNet

1. safety netnoun

   a guarantee of professional or financial security

2. safety netnoun

   a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze

Matched Categories

1. • Guarantee
   • Net

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1. Jason Houle:

   Therefore, if we want to reduce the financial devastation associated with illness, a sensible way to do it would be to strengthen the social safety net and reduce the cost of health care, the ACA tries to do both of these things, though we would need more evidence to know whether policies like the ACA can break the link between becoming ill and foreclosure.

2. Mark Brnovich:

   The Public Charge Rule is a commonsense policy based on a real inconvenient truth. Overrunning our welfare programs right now would be like pulling back the last safety net for Americans who need it most.

3. Adam Deady:

   A fully-funded emergency fund is the safety net everyone needs to protect themselves from financial disaster, it should be the top priority in terms of your allocation of cash.

4. Jennifer Reesman:

   Virtual instruction is not the same as quality, in-person education, and it's especially not accessible for many students with disabilities, we need our schools to be open. Public school is a public good, and as mental health professionals, we can tell you that open public schools are a safety net.

5. John Balmes:

   You can use these maps to better target scarce resources, and specifically target resources for the safety net hospitals that these poor people of color usually have to go to.