Ch 13: Social Welfare and Healthcare Policy

In general, the U.S. has a definition of poverty (in terms of percentage of median income) that is ________ as those in other developed countries. 

• substantially higher

• higher

• about the same

• lower

True or false: Liberal states tend to have more generous CHIP programs?

• True

• False

Which of the following best summarizes scholarly findings about the effect of increases in the minimum wage?

• increases in the minimum wage do not affect aspects of economic or social life

• increases in the minimum wage clearly reduce poverty and increase the social well-being of the poor

• increases in the minimum wage have an unclear effect on poverty, but seem to increase the social well-being of the poor

• increases in the minimum wage clearly reduce poverty, but have no effect on the social well-being of the poor

True or False: States without a state-level income tax do not provide the EITC.

• True

• False

Suppose that you are a moderate liberal politician who has been elected governor of a moderately conservative state. There is a high likelihood that if you can be reelected governor of your state for a second term you will become the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. You have a chance to engage with abortion legislation in your state. Which of the following are you most likely to pick?

• endorse a strict trigger law banning access to abortion

• promise to veto any restrictions on access to abortion

• sign a bill allowing for private enforcement of abortion restrictions

• propose a policy that allows abortion up to 24 weeks, but prohibits Medicaid (public) funding of abortions

Analyze the following potential Republican responses to the argument that overturning Roe is bad for them politically and pick the one you think is most likely to be politically effective, based on what you know about public opinion on abortion access.

• Democrats oppose overturning Roe because they want to allow access to abortion up to the point of birth.

• Democrats oppose overturning Roe because they want to allow almost unlimited access to abortion.

• Democratic voters care more about abortion policy than do Republican voters.

• Limiting access to abortion is the morally correct position.

Which type of grant normally comes with most attached conditions?

• categorical

• block

• devolved

• honorific

Racial diversity in a state is associated with what kinds of changes in the social safety net? 

• as diversity increases so too does state spending on social programs

• increasing diversity has no effect on state spending on social programs

• increasing diversity is correlated with decreased state spending on social programs

• decreasing diversity is correlated with decreased state spending on social programs