Deck 9: Social Welfare and Health Care Policy

Question 1

The well-being of all members of a society is referred to as ______.

A) environmental policy
B) health-care policy
C)social welfare policy
D) education policy

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All of the following are considered to be well-being issues except ______.

A) having enough food to each
B) having a home
C) having a secure future in retirement
D) having access to an affordable education

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following deductions on your paycheck is evidence of social welfare policies?

A) FICA
B) 401K
C) medical
D) health savings account

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Poverty thresholds are based on which of the following?

A) income of a household
B) size of a household
C) demographic makeup of the household
D) location of the household

Question 5

Poverty thresholds are adjusted ______.

A) daily
B) weekly
C) monthly
D) annually

Question 6

Poverty thresholds are based on the ______.

A) Consumer Price Index
B) gross domestic product
C) interest rates
D) unemployment rate

Question 7

Which of the following calculates what people spend for basic needs beyond just food?

A) poverty threshold
B) Consumer Price Index
C) supplemental poverty measure
D) means testing

Question 8

According to the text, the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) accounts for all of the following expenses except ______.

A) childcare
B) taxes
C) medical expenses
D) discretionary expenses

Question 9

Poverty guidelines are adjusted for which of the following variations?

A) geographic
B) ethnic/racial
C) education
D) age

Question 10

According to the text, which of the following ethnic groups experiences poverty at a higher rate than White Americans?

A) Hispanic Americans
B) African Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) Native Americans

Question 11

All of the following were identified as factors that have contributed to the disparity of poverty between men and women except ______.

A) the prevalence of women in lower paid jobs
B) the gender wage gap
C) having less degrees than men
D) being a single mom

Question 12

According to the text, Americans value ______.

A) individualism
B) capitalism
C) socialism
D) collectivism

Question 13

Social insurance reflects which of the following values?

A) socialism
B) collectivism
C) capitalism
D) individualism

Question 14

All of the following are examples of the major social insurance programs in the United States except ______.

A) Social Security
B) unemployment insurance
C) worker's compensation
D) health flex plans

Question 15

In order to receive social security benefits, individuals must do or meet all of the following criteria except ______.

A) working in the public sector
B) be at least 62 years of age
C) working for a minimum of 10 years
D) pay into social security through their FICA taxes

Question 16

The ______ implements various food assistance programs.

A) Department of Health and Human Services
B) Social Security Administration
C) Department of Agriculture
D) U.S. Census Bureau

Question 17

Which of the following areas was identified as having some of the highest poverty rates in the country?

A) Pacific Northwest
B) Midwest
C) Appalachia
D) South

Question 18

In the 1800s, government anti-poverty efforts were largely in the realm of which of the following governments?

A) local and state
B) tribal and local
C) state and federal
D) local and federal

Question 19

The most significant period for changes in the U.S. social welfare policy came during which of the following periods?

A) the Civil War
B) the Prohibition Era
C) the Great Depression
D) the Industrial Revolution

Question 20

President Roosevelt pushed for programs and new federal agencies as part of the ______.

A) Social Change Society
B) Great Society
C) Revolution
D) New Deal

Question 21

Outdoor relief policies supplied ______ to families who previously lived in poorhouses.

A) employment opportunities
B) cash
C) housing
D) medical care

Question 22

The first Board of Public Welfare was established in which state?

A) California
B) New Jersey
C) Missouri
D) Alabama

Question 23

Which of the following agencies was established to help younger workers find useful work?

A) Works Progress Administration
B) Civil Conservation Corps
C) Federal Emergency Relief Administration
D) Social Security Administration

Question 24

Which of the following agencies provided jobs for unemployed people while improving parks, bridges, post offices, and other public places?

A) Works Progress Administration
B) Civil Conservation Corps
C) Federal Emergency Relief Administration
D) Social Security Administration

Question 25

The Survivors Insurance Program emerged as a result of the ______.

A) Great Society
B) Civil War
C) Industrial Revolution
D) Great Depression

Question 26

The unemployment insurance program levies which of the following taxes on employers?

A) local
B) sales
C) payroll
D) property

Question 27

Unemployment compensation is limited to ______ years.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

Question 28

Title I of the Social Security Act provides assistances to the ______.

A) disabled
B) needy elderly
C) blind
D) dependent children

Question 29

Which of the following presidents promoted the Great Society?

A) Nixon
B) Johnson
C) Roosevelt
D) Kennedy

Question 30

The War on Poverty was a major part of the ______.

A) New Deal
B) Prohibition
C) Great Society
D) Revolution

Question 31

Medicaid provides medical insurance for all of the following except ______.

A) people over the age of 65
B) low-income families
C) people with disabilities
D) people who need long-term care

Question 32

Which of the following laws shifted the taxing provisions to the Internal Revenue Code?

A) Emergency Relief and Construction Act
B) Social Security Act
C) Federal Insurance Contribution Act
D) Family and Medical Leave Act

Question 33

Which of the following laws provided the first significant attempt by the national government to provide financial assistance to states that were overwhelmed?

A) Emergency Relief and Construction Act
B) Social Security Act
C) Federal Insurance Contribution Act
D) Family and Medical Leave Act

Question 34

The ______ provided for unemployment insurance, public health services, and maternal and child welfare.

A) Family and Medical Leave Act
B) Federal Insurance Contribution Act
C) Emergency Relief and Construction Act
D) Social Security Act

Question 35

The Family and Medical Leave Act provides individuals with up to ______ weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for medical or family reasons.

A) 6
B) 12
C) 16
D) 24

Question 36

______ amended the Social Security Act in 1965 as part of President Johnson's War on Poverty.

A) Congress
B) President
C) Courts
D) Bureaucracy

Question 37

Which of the following agencies determines the poverty threshold?

A) Social Security Administration
B) U.S. Census Bureau
C) Department of Health and Human Services
D) Department of Agriculture

Question 38

All of the following were identified as issues and challenges associated with social welfare and health care in the United States except ______.

A) income inequality
B) the cost of being poor
C) universal health care
D) the aging generation

Question 39

According to the text, a way to measure the high cost of being poor is to look at the ______.

A) payroll taxes
B) number of low-income housing available
C) number of homeless shelters in the country
D) death rate

Question 40

According to the text, poor people tend to live in ______.

A) rural areas
B) urban areas
C) suburban areas
D) all over the place

Question 41

The courts have played an important role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Question 42

The Social Security Administration administers both Medicare and Medicaid services in the United States.

Question 43

Poverty rates are uniform across states and localities.

Question 44

The power of media attention and events can alter long-standing policies.

Question 45

Benefits from social security were and have always been means-tested.

Question 46

Medicare provides benefits for those over the age of 65.

Question 47

The Social Security Act of 1935 is considered to be the bedrock law of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

Question 48

President Trump is a huge proponent of the Affordable Care Act.

Question 49

The courts ultimately decide the constitutionality of policies.

Question 50

The United States has the highest-level inequality among industrial nations.

Question 51

Income inequality in the United States was created by government policies.

Question 52

Tax policies have always benefited the less fortunate in the United States.

Question 53

According to the text, poor people tend to live in rural areas.

Question 54

The United States offers universal health-care coverage.

Question 55

Identify the key focus of any social welfare program.

Question 56

How is poverty measured?

Question 57

What is the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)?

Question 58

Identify the additional expenses that are accounted for in the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).

Question 59

What is a welfare queen?

Question 60

Identify some of the provisions that were provided as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1965.

Question 61

Provide an example of an unofficial actor associated with health-care policy.

Question 62

Identify the issues and challenges discussed in the text.

Question 63

Define universal health-care coverage.

Question 64

Identify the way to measure the cost of being poor mentioned in the text.

Question 65

Discuss the widely held values of Americans. Why are there tensions between the values and how are they apparent in approaches to social welfare programs?

Question 66

Are today's low income and homeless shelters comparable to the poorhouses of the 1800s?

Question 67

Discuss the Great Society. How have the reforms for this period impacted us today?

Question 68

Do you believe that social security, Medicare, and Medicaid should continue to be offered in the United States? Should the federal government increase the benefits?

Question 69

Why is the Affordable Care Act so contentious? Discuss the political divide between Democrats and Republicans.