4.10 Social Policy

Level 1

These programs of the federal government include Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment and Welfare Programs.

• Entitlement Programs
• Discretionary Spending
• Fiscal Policy
• Expansionary Program

A federal program established for Americans age 65 and over to provide Health insurance was known as

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• Blue Cross

• Blue Shield

The economic safety net that the federal government extends to the elderly and the poor.

• general welfare

• social welfare

• medicare

• medicaid

The old age pension program in the United States

• Medicare

• Social Security

• Medicaid

• Federal Retirement Program

Publicly provided healthcare insurance for the poor and disabled

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• Blue Cross

• GEICO

The official name for Obamacare

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

• Great Society