Policy Flashcards
What is Medicaid?
Federal program that provides healthcare for LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS
What is Medicare?
Federally provided healthcare for people OVER 65
What is the affordable healthcare act?
Healthcare reforms signed by Obama that made healthcare more affordable
Define environmental policy?
Any policy involving the well-being of the environment, energy, and climate change. It’s needed to provide our energy and reduce global impact.
Describe alternative to fossil fules
Wind energy, nuclear energy, solar energy, and etc.
Define economic policy
Actions taken by the national gov. to stress the ups and downs in the nations business activity
Define recession
A period where the economic level of activity falls within two or more quarters of economic decline.
Define inflation
A sustained rise In prices
Define a budget deficit
Money going out exceeds the money coming in
Define foreign policy
General plan that defined a country’s attitude and actions with the rest of the world.
What is being an isolationist?
Avoiding political interaction with other counties
What is being an interventionist?
Being directly involved with foreign affairs
How does the State department help with matters of foreign policies?
It manages the relationships with foreign countries
How have terrorist threats changed American foreign policy?
It made foreign policy stricter