AP GOV Ch 19 Social Welfare – Flashcards
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first U.S. legislation, in 1935, providing for an income transfer program
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Social Security Act
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federally funded program that provides health care for the poor
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Medicaid
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a feature of Upton Sinclair's gubernatorial platform
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End Poverty in California plan
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legislation enacted in 1965 providing medical insurance for the elderly
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Medicare
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financial assistance to that poor that replaced the AFDC program
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TANF
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Pre-1935 state programs to aid widows with children
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mother's pension
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Pre-1935 state-run or locally run homes for the poor
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almshouses
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Huey Long's proposal to redistribute income in the US
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Share Our Wealth plan
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refers to religious non-profit organizations that compete for government grants to administer federal welfare-to-work related policies
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charitable choice
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Pre-Social Security proposal that was popular because it aimed to provide financial support to elderly people
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Townsend plan
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benefits paid weekly to laid-off workers unable to find jobs
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UI
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also known as Social Security
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Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
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former federally funded program that made payments to poor families with children
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AFDC
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cash payments to poor people who are aged, blind, or disabled
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SSI
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vouchers given to the poor to buy food at grocery stores
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food stamps
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the mechanism by which payments rise automatically when costs do
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indexing
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claimed high welfare benefit made it more attractive for some to go on welfare that to look for a job
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Charles Murray
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a proviso that only those below a specified poverty level qualify for a program
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means test
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policy-making in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays
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majoritarian politics
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an approach to welfare that aims to give poor people job training or government jobs rather than money
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service strategy
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legislation adopted in 1988 to protect the elderly against the costs of long-term medical care; later repealed
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Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
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policy-making in which relatively few people benefit but everybody pays
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client politics
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an approach to welfare in which poor people are given money
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income strategy
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a program financed by income taxes that provides benefits to poor citizens without requiring contributions from them
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assistance program
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a self-financing program based on contributions that provides benefits to unemployed or retired persons
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insurance program
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a provision of the 1975 tax law that entitles working families with children to receive money if their incomes fall below a certain level
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earned income tax credit
