Which of the following programs face serious long-term funding problems due to a rapid rise in the number of recipients relative to the number of workers paying into the system? Multiple select question. Social Security Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Medicare unemployment insurance
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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.
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The graph shows the cost, in billions of dollars (left columns), and the enrollment (right columns), in millions of people, for various federal social programs for a recent year. Answer parts (a) - (d). a. Express the federal cost for Social Security in scientific notation. The federal cost for Social Security in scientific notation is $ 5.34 x 10^11. (Type your answer in scientific notation, using the appropriate symbol from the math palette for any multiplication.) b. Express the enrollment in Social Security in scientific notation. The enrollment in Social Security in scientific notation is 3.2 x 10^7. (Type your answer in scientific notation, using the appropriate symbol from the math palette for any multiplication.) c. Use your answers from parts (a) and (b) to determine the average yearly per person benefit for Social Security. Round to the nearest dollar and express the answer in scientific notation and in decimal notation. The average per person benefit for Social Security in scientific notation is $ 1.6688 x 10^4. (Type your answer in scientific notation, using the appropriate symbol from the math palette for any multiplication. Round to four decimal places as needed.) The average per person benefit for Social Security in decimal notation is $ 16,688. (Type an integer or a decimal.) d. Use your decimal answer from part (c) to determine the average monthly per person benefit, expressed in decimal notation, for Social Security. The average monthly per person benefit for Social Security is $ 1391. (Round to the nearest dollar as needed.)
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