Exam 16: Social Policy

Nick works for a law firm,which provides privately purchased health insurance for him.After leaving his pharmacist's office,Nick looks at his receipt and sees that his new medication cost $100.His insurance company paid $85,while Nick paid $15 out of pocket.Did the federal government affect the price of this medication?

Define the term means-tested.Identify one major federal social program that is means-tested and another that is not means-tested.Why are some social programs means-tested while others are available to qualified classes of people without regard to income?

Attempts to improve federal regulation of the mortgage industry occurred because ____________________.

A government program or policy is ____________________ if it is offered only to people who meet objective eligibility requirements,such as income level.

Democrats and Republicans are most likely to agree that the government ____________________.

Unlike TANF or SNAP,Social Security is considered universal because ____________________.

Since 2003,federal subsidies for state and local law enforcement have been primarily administered by the ____________________.

What is the primary reason for recent increases in the U.S.prison population?

The federal Assistance to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)program provides cash payments to families with children living below the federal poverty line.The maximum income feature of AFDC eligibility means the program is ____________________.

Designing social policies often reflects a trade-off between the values of ____________________.

What is a welfare state?

While cash transfer programs are often ____________________,social insurance programs typically allocate benefits based on ____________________.

The SNAP program serves multiple roles as a social policy because it ____________________.

____________________ policies are designed to provide a basic level of income,safety,education,housing,and health care to certain categories of people at risk.

The No Child Left Behind Act sought to raise educational standards through a/an ____________________,while Race to the Top used a/an ____________________.

In the twentieth century,states' social programs became ____________________ autonomous from the federal government and ____________________ in size.

Explain the division of responsibility between the federal government and the state governments in the domain of social policy.Which policy areas are largely dominated by federal programs? Which areas are principally reserved to the states? In which areas are the federal and state governments both active? What constitutional and practical considerations might structure this particular division of programming?

Federal support for public education is a ____________________.

To hide his criminal activity Tom,the leader of a gang,convinces his accountants,Yaxley and Dolohov,to create a shell corporation.This corporation will operate at a loss so that Tom can avoid paying taxes on his earnings.Is the federal government likely to become involved in pursuing and prosecuting Yaxley and Dolohov?

While redistributive policies typically benefit ____________________,distributive policies usually benefit ____________________.