A) eliminated the program known as TANF.
B) was an entitlement program.
C) requires the federal government to give all aid directly to eligible citizens.
D) channels welfare funds through state governments and the amount of these funds automatically increases when the welfare rolls increase.
E) channels welfare funds through state governments and sets a two-year time limit for recipients.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) social insurance programs.
B) federal aid to education.
C) Medicaid.
D) food stamps.
E) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) .
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) President Truman's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
B) an author whose book drew national attention to poverty.
C) the author of the GI Bill.
D) the author of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
E) the union leader during whose tenure unionized workers obtained the best health insurance in the United States.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) all citizens in the labor force.
B) all citizens regardless of labor force participation.
C) citizens whose income or wealth is below a level set by law.
D) citizens whose income or wealth is above a level set by law.
E) only to citizens above the age of 65.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The differences between the "deserving" ...View Answer
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
A) the welfare state.
B) public assistance programs.
C) charity contributions.
D) Social Security.
E) economic regulation.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The authors argue that the Social Securi...View Answer
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
A) unemployment compensation
B) workers' compensation
C) Social Security
D) public assistance
E) Medicaid
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) the U.S. welfare state doesn't face any significant financial problems, and its future is certain.
B) the public welfare state is under pressure, but the private welfare state isn't.
C) both the public and private welfare states are under pressure.
D) the private welfare state is under pressure, but the public welfare state isn't.
E) the 2010 health reform will have so big an effect on both the private and public welfare states that it's impossible at this point to say anything about the pressures and strains on either the public or private welfare states.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) was so flawed in design that there was no way it could have succeeded.
B) was designed well but failed because it was poorly implemented.
C) reduced the number of people in poverty.
D) increased the political unity between people receiving public assistance and those covered by social insurance.
E) was a program that almost all conservatives had to admit was a success.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) increase the federal deficit by $138 billion.
B) decrease the federal deficit by $138 billion.
C) increase the federal deficit by a trillion dollars.
D) decrease the federal deficit by a trillion dollars.
E) have no effect on the federal deficit.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) Medicare
B) Medicaid
C) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
D) Social Security
E) the Affordable Health Care Act
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The text presents several arguments and ...View Answer
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
A) these programs don't have any effect on such inequalities.
B) these programs are so complex that it's impossible to discern how they affect such inequalities.
C) these programs always serve to ease such inequalities.
D) these programs always serve to exacerbate such inequalities.
E) these programs sometimes ease such inequalities and sometimes exacerbate them.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) unemployed people.
B) unmarried women with more than one child.
C) African Americans.
D) the working middle class.
E) insurance companies.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The consequences of race on welfare stat...View Answer
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
A) a temporary high-risk insurance pool was created for people who have medical problems and have been rejected by insurers.
B) insurers were no longer able to place lifetime limits on coverage.
C) provisions were phased in prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage because of a person's medical condition or prior illness.
D) children were able to stay on their parents' policies until they reached the age of twenty-six.
E) the federal government began paying 50 percent of the cost of an abortion for women who receive Medicaid.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) divisions between private sector and public sector workers.
B) divisions between men and women.
C) the division of workers covered by social insurance programs versus poor people receiving public assistance.
D) the resentment of some whites over the racial focus of the Great Society.
E) the Vietnam War.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) 1968
B) 1978
C) 1988
D) 1998
E) 2008
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
A) 1925.
B) 1935.
C) 1945.
D) 1955.
E) 1965.
Correct Answer
verified
Correct Answer
verified
Showing 21 - 40 of 65
Related Exams