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1
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What are the two kinds of social welfare programs?

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majoritarian and client

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

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Majoritarian

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3
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2 examples of majoritarian welfare programs

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Social Security and Medicare

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A test of income to verify qualification

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Means test

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Welfare programs where few people benefit but nearly everyone pays

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Client welfare programs

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6
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2 examples of client welfare programs

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Food Stamps and medicaid

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The biggest concern facing majoritarian programs

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Cost

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The biggest concern facing client programs

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Legitimacy, or who should benefit and how

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Why are majoritarian programs so hard to change?

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

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

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Client

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11
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What type of aid is more popular over money?

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Services

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12
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Country where redistributing income from wealthier to poor is common

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Sweden

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13
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Year the Social Security Act was passed

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1935

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14
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When the Social Security Act was passed, how many similar programs existed in European countries?

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22

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15
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What crisis brought about the need for social security?

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The Great Depression

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16
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Who has more control over the welfare system? Federal gov. or the states?

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States. Due to Federalism

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17
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Prohibits religious organizations from using public funds to promote their religion

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Charitable Choice Legislation

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18
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2 examples of nongovernmental welfare institutions

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Big Brothers Big Sisters, Catholic charities

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19
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What year was FDR elected?

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1932

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20
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How long did FDR plan to use cash bail outs and relief agencies?

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Just for the short term Depression relief

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21
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2 Long Term Welfare solutions created by Cabinet Committee on Economic Security

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Insurance and assistance programs

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22
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How are insurance welfare programs funded?

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

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23
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Who benefits from insurance welfare?

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The unemployed and the elderly

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24
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How is eligibility for assistance programs determined?

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Means test

25
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What political party tends to favor national health care plans?

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Democratic

26
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Presidents known for their national healthcare plans

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Obama and Johnson

27
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What is the biggest problem with Social Security?

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

28
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3 proposed ideas to remedy the problems with Social Security

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

29
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How much was spent on Medicare in 1990?

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$110 billion

30
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Who does medicare provide benefits to?

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Anyone over 65

31
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3 problems with medicare

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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

32
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Proposed solutions to the problems with Medicare include:

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

33
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Act which affords prescription drug coverage to qualified seniors, passed in 2006

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Medicare Modernization Act

34
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Created old age pensions

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Social Security Act

35
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What happens when both the benefits and costs of a proposed program are widely distributed?

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

36
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What was the main argument for conservatives against Social Security?

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

37
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Welfare is a policy that is reserved for the ….

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States

38
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Social security was an easy argument to make when?

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During the Great Depression

39
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1965, conservatives argued that medical care was a ________, not governmental matter

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Private

40
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When benefits of a proposal are to go to a relatively small group but the public pay at large

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Client politics

41
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Created by the Social Security Act

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AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)

42
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providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)

43
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How can politics of policy issues be affected by changes in people’s perceptions?

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

44
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In addition to Medicare, another important part of the nations’s healthcare is….

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Medicaid

45
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A need based comprehensive medical and hospitalization program

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Medicaid

46
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Medicaid is designed to cover citizens with….

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Low income

47
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Medicaid is ran jointly by the federal government and the states. True or false?

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True

48
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What role does the Federal Government play in Medicaid?

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

49
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What is the role the state plays in Medicaid?

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They have leeway to determine income levels and other criteria

50
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An overriding and persistent concern in regards to the educational system

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Equity

51
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What does the Elementary and Second Education Act of 1965 come from?

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Brown vs. Board of Education

52
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What did George W. Bush create in 2001?

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No Child Left Behind Act

53
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No Child Left Behind requires…

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  • All students will be at a proficient level for math an reading by 2014
  • Schools can only hire qualified teachers in core subjects
54
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What are two kinds of benefits that the government provides?

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  • Cash (retiree’s SS)

* Noncash (food stamps)

55
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Only available to people whose income falls below a designated threshold

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Means Tested Benefits

56
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What are two acceptable Means Tested Benefits?

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College grants and free lunch programs

57
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What are two examples of non-mean tested benefits?

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Medicare and social security

58
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Benefits apply to all people regardless of income

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Non-Means Tested Benefits

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