Textbook: Chapter 16- Social Policy Flashcards
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Social Security
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System of forced savings to take care of the elderly
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Three goals of social policies
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Protect against insecurities
Promote equal opportunity
Alleviate poverty
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Medicare
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Provides health insurance to the elderly and disabled
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Welfare programs
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Aid to families with dependent children (Temporary assistance to needy families)
Medicaid
SSI
Food stamps
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Critics
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Cost too much
Third party structure exaggerates prices
Cause reliance
Encourages undesirable behavior
Blames the system
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Supporters
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Stabilizes declining economy
Reflects governments responsibility to its citizens
Helps correct imperfections of capitalism
Needed to stop unrest, especially in bad times
