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| an area of public policy related to maintaining or enhancing the well-being of individuals |
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| financial or other assistance provided to individuals by the government usually based on need. |
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| set of policies proposed by FDR and enacted by congress between 33 and 35 to promote economic recovery and social welfare during the great depression |
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| wide ranging social agenda promoted by president Lyndon johnson in the mid 1960's that aimed to improve americans quality of life through governmental social programs |
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| term used to describe the social policy vision of president george bush in which citizens take responsibility for their own welfare and free market plays a greater role in society |
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| federal social insurance program that provides cash benefits to retirees based on payroll taxes they have paid over the course of their careers. "pay as you go" that americans pay now for retirees in hope that when they are old they will be paid for |
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| americans born between 1946 and 1964 who will be retiring in large numbers over the next twenty years. |
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| informal name of the national commission on social security reform created by president ronald reagan in 1981 to address short term and long term problems facing the social security program. |
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| process of transferring the management of a government program ( like social security) from the public sector to the private sector |
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| federal health care plan created in 1965 that provides coverage for retired americans for hospital care, medical care, and prescription drugs |
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| an entitlement program funded by the federal and state governments that provides health care coverage for low income americans who would otherwise be unable to afford health care. |
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| any federal government program that provides benefits to americans who meet requirements specified by law |
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| reform options for social policies that are based on tax credits, flexible spending accounts and other approaches that rely on competition in the free market |
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| government programs that provide support to low income americans such as welfare, food stamps, unemployment compensation and the earned income tax credit |
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| aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) |
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| the federal welfare program in place from 35 until 96 when it was replaced by temporary assistance for needy families under president clinton |
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| temporary assistance for needy families |
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| welfare program that replaced aid to families with dependent children in 96, eliminating the entitlement status of welfare, shifting implemation of the policy to the states and introducing several new restrictions on recieving aid. this change led to a significant decrease n the number of welfare recipients. |
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