1. What differentiates a social insurance program from a means-tested program?
Group of answer choices
a. A social insurance program provides benefits based upon immediate need, while a means-tested program extends benefits based upon age categories.
b. A social insurance program extends benefits only to the working poor, while a means-tested program extends benefits to everyone, regardless of social class.
c. A social insurance program provides benefits based upon demonstrated need, while a means-tested program provides benefits based upon lifetime contributions.
d. A social insurance program extends benefits to everybody, while a means-tested program only extends to benefits for the elderly.
e. A social insurance program provides benefits based upon lifetime contributions, while a means tested program provides benefits based upon demonstrated need.
2. Safety net programs, such as SNAP - Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, LIHEAP - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, referred to as entitlements because
Group of answer choices
a. because they are benefits available only to the working poor in the United States.
b. because they are benefits that are distributed on a case-by-case basis to select citizens in extreme need.
c. because benefits are distributed automatically to citizens who qualify, based on a set of guidelines.
d. because they are benefits that one earns by working, and thus the person is entitled to them.
e. because they are benefits funded through the Title 9 section of the 1965 Civil Rights Act.