UNIT 5

Question 1

Domestic Policy

Answer 1

Public plans or courses of action that concern internal issues of national importance, such as poverty, crime, and the environment.

Question 2

Medicare

Answer 2

A federal health insurance that covers US residents age 65 and older. The costs are met by a tax on wages and salaries.

Question 3

Medicaid

Answer 3

A joint state-federal program that provides medical care to the poor (including indigent elderly persons nursing homes). The program is funded out of general government revenues.

Question 4

National Health Insurance

Answer 4

A plan to provide universal health insurance under which the government provides basic health care coverage to all citizens. In most such plans, the program is funded by taxes on wages or salaries.

Question 5

Single-Player Plan

Answer 5

A plan under which one entity has a monopoly on issuing a particular type of insurance. Typically, the entity is the government, and the insurance is basic health coverage.

Question 6

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Answer 6

A report that must show the costs and benefits of major federal actions that could significantly affect the quality of the environment.

Question 7

Energy Policy

Answer 7

Laws concerned with how much energy is needed and used.

Question 8

Income Transfer

Answer 8

A transfer of income from some individuals in the economy to other individuals. This is generally done by government action.

Question 9

In-Kind Subsidy

Answer 9

A good or service–such as food stamps, housing, or medical care–provided by the government to low-income groups.

Question 10

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

Answer 10

A state-administered program in which grants from the national government are used to provide welfare benefits. The TANF program replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.

Question 11

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Answer 11

A federal program established to provide assistance to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.

Question 12

Food Stamps

Answer 12

Benefits issues by the federal government to low-income individuals to be used for the purchase of food; originally provided as coupons, but now typically provided electronically through a card similar to a debit card.

Question 13

Earned-Income Tax Credit (EITC) Program

Answer 13

A government program that helps low-income workers by giving back part or all of their Social Security taxes.

Question 14

Incarceration Rate

Answer 14

The number of persons held in jail or prison for every 100,000 persons in a particular population group.