Poli Sci
Exam 2 review
1. Agenda building is identifying a problem and getting it on the agenda
2. On which issue did Republican George W. Bush attempt to "steal the clothes of the other party" by trying to do what Democrats are known for?
3. Policy formulation is the debate over exactly how to solve formulation
4. Which of the following happened in 2003 and may have guaranteed the success of Medicare reform prescriptions plan? Introduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (like Part D Plans)
5. Since 1965, spending on health care in the United States as a percentage of national income has In 1965, about 6% of our income was spent on health care, and that % has been increasing ever since, exceeding 15% by 2005 and projected to reach 16% by 2010.
6. Health care in the United States 564-565
7. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program designed to subsidize health care costs for the poor.
8. Those people who are least likely to have health insurance are less likely to get basic preventive care, such as mammograms; less likely to have a personal physician and more likely to rate their own health as only poor or fair
9. The national government provides basic health insurance to all citizens in all of the following countries except The U.S.
10. The absolute number of people in poverty 36.5 million
11. Currently, adjustments to the poverty income threshold are based on changes in CPI
12. By far the largest portion of the federal budget that goes to aid limited-income persons and families is spent on Medicaid
13. The program that most people think of when they hear the word welfare is now called TANF- temporary assistance for needy families
14. The basic welfare program provides payments that average nationwide $700 a month for a family of 4
15. The federal program that provides assistance to disabled persons is called SSI- Supplemental Security Income
16. The Earned-Income Tax Credit program was created in 1975 to help
1. Agenda building is identifying a problem and getting it on the agenda
2. On which issue did Republican George W. Bush attempt to "steal the clothes of the other party" by trying to do what Democrats are known for?
3. Policy formulation is the debate over exactly how to solve formulation
4. Which of the following happened in 2003 and may have guaranteed the success of Medicare reform prescriptions plan? Introduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (like Part D Plans)
5. Since 1965, spending on health care in the United States as a percentage of national income has In 1965, about 6% of our income was spent on health care, and that % has been increasing ever since, exceeding 15% by 2005 and projected to reach 16% by 2010.
6. Health care in the United States 564-565
7. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program designed to subsidize health care costs for the poor.
8. Those people who are least likely to have health insurance are less likely to get basic preventive care, such as mammograms; less likely to have a personal physician and more likely to rate their own health as only poor or fair
9. The national government provides basic health insurance to all citizens in all of the following countries except The U.S.
10. The absolute number of people in poverty 36.5 million
11. Currently, adjustments to the poverty income threshold are based on changes in CPI
12. By far the largest portion of the federal budget that goes to aid limited-income persons and families is spent on Medicaid
13. The program that most people think of when they hear the word welfare is now called TANF- temporary assistance for needy families
14. The basic welfare program provides payments that average nationwide $700 a month for a family of 4
15. The federal program that provides assistance to disabled persons is called SSI- Supplemental Security Income
16. The Earned-Income Tax Credit program was created in 1975 to help