national insurance program administered by the United States.
100
What is the poverty line?
It determined that those families that earn less than three times their annual budget for food would be considered poor and in need of public assistance.
100
What does TANF stand for?
Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
200
Medi-caid is run by the ________.
State government
200
The current age requirement for Social Security benefits is ___.
65
200
What are the requirements to obtain the benefits of Medicare?
Must be age 65+ and have worked towards paying “social security taxes"
200
What is available to those that cannot afford to pay for housing?
Public housing; subsidized apartments
200
What does the TANF do?
Provides temporary financial and medical help for families in need.
300
These are broad state grants to states for prescribed activities—welfare, child care, education, social services, preventive health care, and health services—with only a few strings attached
Block grants
300
Social Security was started when _______________.
1935 when President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act
300
Define "means test" and does Medicare have a means test?
A test to see if you can get by with what you have; no, Medicare does not.
300
What health care program is available for those that cannot afford it?
Medi-caid
300
What did President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty in the 1960s create?
the poverty line
400
What other name is the Affordable Care Act known as?
Obamacare
400
The Social Security Act was signed in ______.
1935
400
Medicare is run by ________.
the Federal government
400
The Poverty Line is inaccurate because?
People tend to hover around the line
400
What did Poverty Line determine?
It determined that those families that earn less than three times their annual budget for food would be considered poor and in need of public assistance.
500
The Health Care Reform Act was first introduced to the people by?
Lyndon B Johnson
500
Name a group of people that are eligible for Social Security.
Retired, disabled, or survivors.
500
Who signed the Medicare program into law?
Lyndon B Johnson
500
What group of people believe that the government should let the people in need take self-responsiblity?
Conservatives
500
What do Food Stamps do?
Gives low-income people coupons with which to purchase food