Exam 9: Social Welfare and Health Care Policy

The Social Security Act of 1935 is considered to be the bedrock law of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

All of the following are considered to be well-being issues except ______.

Which of the following agencies determines the poverty threshold?

The courts have played an important role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

President Roosevelt pushed for programs and new federal agencies as part of the ______.

Social insurance reflects which of the following values?

The ______ provided for unemployment insurance, public health services, and maternal and child welfare.

The War on Poverty was a major part of the ______.

In the 1800s, government anti-poverty efforts were largely in the realm of which of the following governments?

The well-being of all members of a society is referred to as ______.

Do you believe that social security, Medicare, and Medicaid should continue to be offered in the United States? Should the federal government increase the benefits?

Which of the following agencies provided jobs for unemployed people while improving parks, bridges, post offices, and other public places?

Which of the following presidents promoted the Great Society?

Poverty thresholds are based on the ______.

Which of the following calculates what people spend for basic needs beyond just food?

Are today's low income and homeless shelters comparable to the poorhouses of the 1800s?

The ______ implements various food assistance programs.

Poverty thresholds are adjusted ______.

Why is the Affordable Care Act so contentious? Discuss the political divide between Democrats and Republicans.

The United States has the highest-level inequality among industrial nations.