Chapter 17 The Politics of Poverty Welfare and Health 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Poverty in America How Many Poor Episodic Poverty Poverty conditions that are temporary hard times occurring for a brief time Chronic Poverty Permanent persistent poverty conditions Official Poverty Rate The percentage of the population whose annual cash income falls below that which is required according to the federal government to maintain a decent standard of living Variations among the States 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Who Are the Poor Family Structure Feminization of poverty The concept that poverty is most common among female headed families Race Ethnicity Minorities are generally poorer than whites Age The aged experience less poverty than the younger population Wealth Income not wealth is considered while calculating poverty 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Poverty in America 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Poverty Rates 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Poverty in America 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved An Overview of Welfare Policy Social Security Unemployment Compensation Supplemental Security Income Family Assistance Food Stamps SNAP Earned Income Tax Credit Other Social Programs 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Medicaid Recipients 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Welfare Reform Officially it refers to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF program enacted in 1996 which included the devolution of responsibility for cash assistance programs to the states Temporary Assistance for Needy Families TANF Federal aid for state programs of cash assistance to poor families It replaced the AFDC federal entitlement program 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Health Care Community Public Health and Hospitals Medicare Medicaid Medicaid in the States Medicaid Expansion SCHIP 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Is Welfare Reform a Success 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Stimulus to Health Care Reform State reforms About 60 percent of Medicaid patients now in managed care plans Managed care Many programs resemble Health Maintenance Organizations HMOs Massachusetts mandated health insurance Was first state served as model for ObamaCare 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved ObamaCare Health Care Transformation Provisions Individual Mandate Employer Mandate Medicaid Expansion Health Insurance Exchanges Taxes No Public Option Costs Coverage Tort Reform Missing 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved The States and ObamaCare State compliance with Medicaid expansion Supreme Court said state participation optional federal funding a strong incentive State participation in exchanges Federal government stepping in when states choose not to participate States lose their challenge to the individual mandate Supreme Court ruled 5 4 in favor of federal government 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved Best Way to Reduce Mass Murders 2014 Pearson Education Inc All rights reserved