AP Govt. Chapter 15 Flashcards
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| 8089085665 | Domestic policy | Public plans or courses of action that concern internal issues of national importance, such as poverty, health care, and the environment. | 0 | |
| 8089085666 | Earned income tax credit (EITC) program | A government program that helps low-income workers by giving back part or all of their Social Security taxes. | 1 | |
| 8089085667 | Energy policy | Laws concerned with how much energy is needed and used. | 2 | |
| 8089085668 | Environmental impact statement (EIS) | A report that must show the costs and benefits of major federal actions that could significantly affect the quality of the environment. | 3 | |
| 8089085669 | Food stamps | Benefits issued by the federal government to low-income individuals to be used for the purchase of food; originally provided as coupons, but now typically provided electronically through a card similar to a debit card. | 4 | |
| 8089085670 | Income transfer | A transfer of income from some individuals in the economy to others, generally by government action. | 5 | |
| 8089085671 | In-kind subsidy | A good or service—such as food stamps, housing, or medical care—provided by the government to low-income groups. | 6 | |
| 8089085672 | Medicaid | A joint state-federal program that provides medical care to the poor (including indigent elderly persons in nursing homes). The program is funded out of general government revenues. | 7 | |
| 8089085673 | Medicare | A federal health insurance program that covers U.S. residents age 65 and older. The costs are met by a tax on wages and salaries. | 8 | |
| 8089085674 | National health insurance | A plan under which the government provides basic health-care coverage to all citizens. Most such plans are funded by taxes on wages or salaries. | 9 | |
| 8089085675 | Single-payer plan | A plan under which one entity has a monopoly on issuing a particular type of insurance. Typically, the entity is the government, and the insurance is basic health coverage. | 10 | |
| 8089085676 | Supplemental Security Income (SSI) | A federal program established to provide assistance to elderly persons and persons with disabilities. | 11 | |
| 8089085677 | Sustainability | Achieving a balance between society and nature that will permit both to exist in harmony. | 12 | |
| 8089085678 | Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) | A state-administered program in which grants from the national government are used to provide welfare benefits. The TANF program replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program | 13 |