Exam 17: Politics and Social Welfare

Food stamps generally fall within which policy area?

___________ is a social welfare program for the elderly that all qualifying individuals receive at a certain age.

People __________ has put a strain on the Social Security system.

Social welfare programs are classified as __________ if beneficiaries have made contributions so that they are entitled to benefits regardless of their personal wealth.

Public assistance includes those social welfare programs for which no __________ are required,and only those defined as low-income are eligible.

Social Security is a(an)__________ program because it provides benefits to all qualifying individuals.

What is the name for benefits of social welfare programs for which individuals are eligible by law?

President Lyndon Johnson avoided addressing problems of poverty.

What are those social welfare programs for which no contributions are required and only those defined as low-income are eligible? These programs include food stamps,Medicaid,and Family Assistance.

When considering laying employees off,what aspect of the recent health care reform law would smaller-sized companies and employers be considering when large companies would not be?

A welfare program that contains an income eligibility threshold is likely a means-tested program.

One reason for the shift in the dependency ratio is the aging population in America.

What governmental program is composed of the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program and the Disability Insurance program?

What has happened to the poverty rate in the United States since the 1970s?

Medicare is designed to help the __________ population.

How do health care costs as a percentage of GDP relate to life expectancy and the infant death rate in the United States? How are these numbers similar to or different from Japan,another advanced democracy? What accounts for these similarities or differences?

Critics of the Affordable Care Act fear that __________.

The poverty line is based on what is perceived to be a decent standard of living.

The United States has the lowest infant death rate of any advanced democracy.

Two solutions for dealing with Social Security sustainability are raising the retirement age and __________.