The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program was created to help support poor children
A) whose mothers had never worked.
B) whose fathers were poor breadwinners.
C) who lacked a father.
D) with disabilities.
E) injured by automobile accidents.
Question -2-Of the following, which is NOT a means tested program?
A) Medicare
B) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
C) Food Stamps
D) Medicaid
E) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Question -3-Welfare policies in which a relatively few number of people benefit but almost everyone pays are characterized by
A) majoritarian politics.
B) interest group politics.
C) client politics.
D) entrepreneurial politics.
E) libertarian politics.
Question -4-Welfare policies in which nearly everyone benefits and nearly everyone pays are characterized by
A) entrepreneurial politics.
B) interest group politics.
C) client politics.
D) libertarian politics.
E) majoritarian politics.
Question -5-All of the following are true about The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 EXCEPT
A) It extends health care insurance to millions of uninsured Americans.
B) It provides federal subsidies to people whose state does not have its own health care exchange.
C) It has remained politically unpopular.
D) It provides health care for all who are over 65.
E) It survived multiple legal challenges that reached the Supreme Court .
Question -6-One notable difference between the passage of Medicare (1965 ) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010 ) was the lack of
A) bipartisan support for the 2010 Act.
B) bipartisan support for the 1965 Act.
C) media coverage given to the 2010 Act.
D) media coverage given to the 1965 Act.
E) support by Democrats for the 2010 Act.
Question -7-In 2015, about __________ Americans received Social Security benefits.
A) 25 million
B) 20 million
C) 40 million
D) 59 million
E) 100 million
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