WK 6 (CH. 10) Policy Jeopardy Flashcards
Medicaid
State-federal program providing medical insurance to low- income people
One a policy has been selected, a policy analysis starts with this first step
Determining the kind of benefits offered by the policy (nature, size, frequency, cash, in-kind, etc.)
Social Security Act (SSA) (1935)
Foundation of U.S. federal income support for the poor
Medicare
Federal health insurance program for elderly and disabled people
- Established under the Social Security Act
Patient Protect & Affordable Care Act
Enables young adults to stay on their parents health insurance until age 26
Characteristic of social policy
- Policy is the formal expression of communities values, principles, beliefs, that become reality through program and its resulting services
- Policy provides legitimacy & sanctions an organization to provide a particular program
- Policy offers a roadmap for organizations
- Policy creates a broad structural framework that guides the practitioner in his her professional role
Difference: In-kind & Cash benefit programs
In-kind: benefits are limited in scope and provide a defined benefit or service (not cash)
EX: public housing, SNAP, WIC
Unintended Consequence
Result of a policy that is not directly related to its planned outcome
Residual VS. Institutional perspectives/ frameworks
Both: public assistance programs
Residual: Social welfare (means-tested)
EX: Safety net (leftover. WIC, TANF)
Institutional: Social Insurance - part of society
EX: unemployment/ public education
3 levels of governement
Local
State
Federal
3 branches of government
Executve
Judicial
Legislative
WIC
provides vouchers to low income families with children up until age 5
TANF
means-tested program that ties the receipt of the cash benefit to work and recipients are restricted to 5 yr lifetime limit
Earned Income Tax Credit
program provides a tax refund to supplement the earnings of the working poor
Regressive tax
tax is one that imposes a harsher burden on lower-income households than on higher-income households.
EX: state lotteries
Elizabethan Poor Laws
Impact current ideas about how and who we help in the U.S.
of years you must work to qualify for social security
10
Difference: SSDI & SSI
Qualifying work history!
SSDI- Social Security Disability Insurance- requires a disability and work history
SSI- Supplemental Security Income - available to low-income individuals with a disability
Difference: Horizontal & Vertical Adequacy in policies
Horizontal: provides a wide range of coverage to all people eligible
EX: Social security
Vertical: How well the service meets the needs of recipients
