social welfare

Question 1

What are the two kinds of social welfare programs?

Answer 1

majoritarian and client

Question 2

Welfare programs where nearly everyone has the opportunity to benefit, and nearly everyone foots the bill.

Answer 2

Majoritarian

Question 3

2 examples of majoritarian welfare programs

Answer 3

Social Security and Medicare

Question 4

A test of income to verify qualification

Answer 4

Means test

Question 5

Welfare programs where few people benefit but nearly everyone pays

Answer 5

Client welfare programs

Question 6

2 examples of client welfare programs

Answer 6

Food Stamps and medicaid

Question 7

The biggest concern facing majoritarian programs

Answer 7

Cost

Question 8

The biggest concern facing client programs

Answer 8

Legitimacy, or who should benefit and how

Question 9

Why are majoritarian programs so hard to change?

Answer 9

They create so much controversy, no politician wants to touch them

Question 10

As popular opinions change, what type of program is most likely to be affected?

Answer 10

Client

Question 11

What type of aid is more popular over money?

Answer 11

Services

Question 12

Country where redistributing income from wealthier to poor is common

Answer 12

Sweden

Question 13

Year the Social Security Act was passed

Answer 13

1935

Question 14

When the Social Security Act was passed, how many similar programs existed in European countries?

Answer 14

22

Question 15

What crisis brought about the need for social security?

Answer 15

The Great Depression

Question 16

Who has more control over the welfare system? Federal gov. or the states?

Answer 16

States. Due to Federalism

Question 17

Prohibits religious organizations from using public funds to promote their religion

Answer 17

Charitable Choice Legislation

Question 18

2 examples of nongovernmental welfare institutions

Answer 18

Big Brothers Big Sisters, Catholic charities

Question 19

What year was FDR elected?

Answer 19

1932

Question 20

How long did FDR plan to use cash bail outs and relief agencies?

Answer 20

Just for the short term Depression relief

Question 21

2 Long Term Welfare solutions created by Cabinet Committee on Economic Security

Answer 21

Insurance and assistance programs

Question 22

How are insurance welfare programs funded?

Answer 22

They’re self financing, meaning workers contribute while times are good and benefit when they can no longer work

Question 23

Who benefits from insurance welfare?

Answer 23

The unemployed and the elderly

Question 24

How is eligibility for assistance programs determined?

Answer 24

Means test

Question 25

What political party tends to favor national health care plans?

Answer 25

Democratic

Question 26

Presidents known for their national healthcare plans

Answer 26

Obama and Johnson

Question 27

What is the biggest problem with Social Security?

Answer 27

As the population ages, there will not be enough people paying in to cover the cost of all the benefits

Question 28

3 proposed ideas to remedy the problems with Social Security

Answer 28

Raise the retirement age to 70, privatize social security, and permit citizens to invest these taxes into carefully organized mutual funds

Question 29

How much was spent on Medicare in 1990?

Answer 29

$110 billion

Question 30

Who does medicare provide benefits to?

Answer 30

Anyone over 65

Question 31

3 problems with medicare

Answer 31

People go to the doctor when they don't need to, some doctors overcharge the government, and the government cuts too many costs--lowering coverage

Question 32

Proposed solutions to the problems with Medicare include:

Answer 32

Having health care professionals work for the government, and allowing seniors to use their Medicare benefits to purchase private health insurance

Question 33

Act which affords prescription drug coverage to qualified seniors, passed in 2006

Answer 33

Medicare Modernization Act

Question 34

Created old age pensions

Answer 34

Social Security Act

Question 35

What happens when both the benefits and costs of a proposed program are widely distributed?

Answer 35

It will be adopted if the beneficiaries think their benefits will exceed their costs

Question 36

What was the main argument for conservatives against Social Security?

Answer 36

Nothing in the constitution authorized the federal government to spend money for it

Question 37

Welfare is a policy that is reserved for the ....

Answer 37

States

Question 38

Social security was an easy argument to make when?

Answer 38

During the Great Depression

Question 39

1965, conservatives argued that medical care was a ________, not governmental matter

Answer 39

Private

Question 40

When benefits of a proposal are to go to a relatively small group but the public pay at large

Answer 40

Client politics

Question 41

Created by the Social Security Act

Answer 41

AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)

Question 42

providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Answer 42

TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

Question 43

How can politics of policy issues be affected by changes in people's perceptions?

Answer 43

They are concerned with who bears the burdens and receives the benefits

Question 44

In addition to Medicare, another important part of the nations's healthcare is....

Answer 44

Medicaid

Question 45

A need based comprehensive medical and hospitalization program

Answer 45

Medicaid

Question 46

Medicaid is designed to cover citizens with....

Answer 46

Low income

Question 47

Medicaid is ran jointly by the federal government and the states. True or false?

Answer 47

True

Question 48

What role does the Federal Government play in Medicaid?

Answer 48

They require a minimum level of benefits the state must offer through Medicaid

Question 49

What is the role the state plays in Medicaid?

Answer 49

They have leeway to determine income levels and other criteria

Question 50

An overriding and persistent concern in regards to the educational system

Answer 50

Equity

Question 51

What does the Elementary and Second Education Act of 1965 come from?

Answer 51

Brown vs. Board of Education

Question 52

What did George W. Bush create in 2001?

Answer 52

No Child Left Behind Act

Question 53

No Child Left Behind requires...

Answer 53

* All students will be at a proficient level for math an reading by 2014 * Schools can only hire qualified teachers in core subjects

Question 54

What are two kinds of benefits that the government provides?

Answer 54

* Cash (retiree's SS) | * Noncash (food stamps)

Question 55

Only available to people whose income falls below a designated threshold

Answer 55

Means Tested Benefits

Question 56

What are two acceptable Means Tested Benefits?

Answer 56

College grants and free lunch programs

Question 57

What are two examples of non-mean tested benefits?

Answer 57

Medicare and social security

Question 58

Benefits apply to all people regardless of income

Answer 58

Non-Means Tested Benefits