Question 1

Discuss the history of environmental policy in the United States.When did regulating the environment become an issue,and why? What are some environmental issues that the United States must confront in the next several years?

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Question 2

Explain the recent controversy over Social Security.What are the major problems facing Social Security? What are the current politics behind the issue? If Social Security needs to be fixed,what is the best way to reform it? If Social Security does not need to be fixed,why do you believe this is the case?

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Question 3

Why is fracking so controversial?

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Question 4

______ is a welfare program of block grants to states that encourages recipients to work in exchange for time-limited benefits.

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Question 5

What are the differences between a social welfare program and a social insurance program?

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Question 6

Public policy in regard to health care has been a major issue in the United States for many years and continues to generate controversy.Discuss the major federal health care programs.Who do they cover,what do they cover,how are they financed,and what are the prospects for their long-term growth? How does health care policy in the United States compare with such policies in other industrialized nations (including cost,who is covered,and the like)? What are the arguments for and against a national health care system? What other proposals have been made for dealing with the health care issue? Discuss the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

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Question 7

What are the similarities and differences between Medicare and Medicaid?

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Question 8

Social Security is a good example of the role _____ plays in the policy process.

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Question 9

If nothing changes in the Social Security program,retirees will begin to take more money out of the Social Security Trust Fund than workers put into the fund in ______,and the fund will run out of money in ______.

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Question 10

Explain the roles of Congress,the president,the bureaucracy,and the courts in the policymaking process.How does each institution make policy? What hurdles must policymakers overcome in the policymaking process?

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Question 11

Few government policies generate as much controversy as social welfare programs.What are social welfare programs? Who are they designed to help? Why does so much divisiveness exist on these issues?

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Question 12

Name the five steps in the policymaking process.

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Question 13

Name the three types of public policy,and identify examples of each that are currently being debated or the subject of reform in your state.

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Question 14

What is the Keystone Pipeline,and why it is controversial?

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Question 15

What are the four reasons it is so hard to solve public problems?

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Question 16

A ______ is a financial incentive given by the government to corporations,individuals,or other governments.

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Quiz 16: Social and Environmental Policy