Study guide 613- In President Obama’s health care plan, why was it essential to
guarantee comprehensive coverage?
a to make sure enough people were paying into the system
b to pool risk between sick and healthy people
c to reduce the risks of fraud
d to prevent individuals from having only one price to pay
e to win broad political support - The major welfare reform of 1996 instituted the
program, which welfare spending relative to its
predecessor.
a Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); reduced
b AFDC; increased
c Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); reduced
d TANF; increased
e Medicaid; reduced - The long-term fiscal problems of are most severe.
a Social Security
b Medicare/Medicaid
c welfare
d federally subsidized student loans
e education
Suggested Reading
Altman, Nancy J. The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to
Bush’s Gamble. New York: Wiley, 2005.
Bartels, Larry M. Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the
New Gilded Age, 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press, 2016.
Jacobs, Lawrence R., and Theda Skocpol. Health Care Reform and
American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know, 3rd ed. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
King, Ronald F. Budgeting Entitlements: The Politics of Food Stamps.
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000.
Lindert, Peter H., and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Unequal Gains:
American Growth and Inequality since 1700. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 2016.
Oberlander, Jonathan. The Political Life of Medicare. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Piketty, Thomas. The Economics of Inequality. Cambridge, MA:
Belknap Press, 2015.
Skocpol, Theda. Social Policy in the United States: Future Possibilities
in Historical Perspective. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press, 1995.
Soss, Joe. Unwanted Claims: The Politics of Participation in the U.S.
Welfare System. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Weaver, R. Kent. Ending Welfare as We Know It. Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution Press, 2000.Full_17_APT_64431_ch16_572-613.indd 613 16/11/18 11:29 AM