All workers who pay Social Security taxes are eligible for unemployment insurance benefits.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Income tax rates in the United States are the highest among developed nations.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Upon the deaths of their retired spouses, most widows experience a one-third drop in household income from Social Security.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The Medicaid program is administered by the Social Security Administration.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
During the Great Recession of 2008, unemployment insurance trust funds
A. were robust enough to endure extensions of unemployment benefits.
B. required that money be drawn down from general revenues to avoid depletion.
C. were used to lower high unemployment rates.
D. none of these.
Under Federal law, the TANF program has a lifetime limit of
A. 3 years of assistance.
B. 18 months of assistance.
C. 5 years of assistance.
D. 10 years of assistance.
The 1996 passage of PRWORA
A. abolished Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC).
B. restricted immigrants eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
C. established Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
D. all of these.
In 1964, opposition to Medicare came from
A. business interests.
B. physicians.
C. labor unions.
D. both A and B.
Under current law, individuals who are disabled by virtue of alcohol addiction
A. may receive Social Security disability benefits through a representative payee.
B. must be in treatment in order to receive Social Security Disability benefits.
C. may not receive Social Security disability benefits.
D. both A and B.
Disability insurance is financed through
A. general revenues.
B. the Social Security payroll tax.
C. a state tax on company payrolls.
D. state general revenues.
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