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Multiple Choice

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Social welfare programs to which beneficiaries have made contributions so that they would be entitled to benefits are called:

social assistance programs.public assistance programs.social insurance programs.public insurance programs.

The main reason for the current plight of homeless people is:

decriminalization of public intoxication.decriminalization of vagrancy.deinstitutionalization of care for the mentally ill.urban renewal.

Social Security is comprised of two distinct programs, the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Program and:

the unemployment program.the family assistance program.the disability insurance program.the Medicaid program.

The most politically powerful group in the population is:

baby boomers.environmentalists.senior citizens.the wealthy.

Social Security is now financed by a:

pay-as-you-go system.trust fund with benefits paid from earned interest.reserve system.trust fund with benefits paid from principal.

In the Social Security system, the number of recipients as a percentage of the number of contributing workers is called the:

dependency ratio.ratio.reserve ratio. tax ratio.

The Earned Income Tax Credit is designed for:

the wealthy.welfare recipients.the retired.low income workers.

By 2004, the official poverty line had risen to:

38,000.28,000.8,000.19,000.

The public assistance program that provides monthly cash payments to the needy elderly, blind and disabled is called

Temporary Assistance to Needy FamiliesSocial SecuritySupplemental Security IncomeFood Stamps

Which of the following interest groups has a financial stake in any reforms of the health care system?

Veteran's groupshospitalsdrug abuse counselorsall of the above.

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