healthcare/education Flashcards
Constitutionally, whose responsibility is it to provide education?
The states
How does the federal government exercise control over educational policy?
Strings to categorical grants
What percentage of special education costs is paid by the federal government?
12%.
When was the Headstart Program created?
1964
What is the main reason the cost of healthcare is rising?
Medical advances have led to elective procedures
How has increased litigation contributed to the rising cost of healthcare?
Malpractice insurance has gotten extremely effective
How do the wealthy avoid the hassle and paperwork of insurance?
Boutique healthcare
People with expensive health insurance must pay this tax.
Cadillac Tax
Doctors who accept cash, not insurance.
Boutique healthcare
What is the primary goal of Obama’s Affordable Care Act?
All Americans will have some form of health insurance
Under the Affordable Care Act, how can the poor afford insurance?
They will receive subsidies paid for by tax dollars.
How does the Affordable Care Act potentially interrupt the economy?
When insurance companies are charged fines and taxes, they will just pass the raised costs on to consumers
How has party polarization become clear in the Affordable Healthcare Act?
0 Republicans voted for it in Congress
The impoverished can receive this.
Medicaid
The elderly can receive this.
Medicare
