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| Programs such as unemployment insurance, disaster relief, or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens |
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| Means-tested entitlements |
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| Programs such as Medicaid and welfare under which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need |
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| Aid to the poor; "welfare" |
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| Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government, usually in the form of payroll taxes |
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| A combination of entitlement programs, paid for by employer and employee taxes, that includes retirement benefits, health insurance, and support for disabled workers and the children of deceased or disabled workers |
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| Federal Program that provides medical benefits for low-income persons |
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| national health insurance program for the elderly and disabled |
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| health maintenance organization (HMO) |
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| Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged with a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs |
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| Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses |
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