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PowerPoint PresentationSlide 2Poverty in AmericaWho Are the Poor?Slide 5Poverty RatesSlide 7An Overview of Welfare PolicyTANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and Medicaid RecipientsWelfare ReformHealth CareIs Welfare Reform a Success?Stimulus to Health Care ReformObamaCare: Health Care TransformationThe States and “ObamaCare”Best Way to Reduce Mass Murders© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 17Chapter 17The Politics of Poverty, Welfare, and HealthThe Politics of Poverty, Welfare, and Health© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Poverty in AmericaPoverty 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?Who Are the Poor?•Family StructureFeminization of poverty: The concept that poverty is most common among female-headed families.•Race/EthnicityMinorities are generally poorer than whites.•AgeThe aged experience less poverty than the younger population.•WealthIncome, not wealth, is considered while calculating poverty.© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Poverty in AmericaPoverty in America© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Poverty RatesPoverty Rates© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Poverty in AmericaPoverty in America© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.An Overview of Welfare PolicyAn 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 TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and Medicaid RecipientsFamilies) and Medicaid Recipients© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Welfare ReformWelfare 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 CareHealth 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?Is Welfare Reform a Success?© 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Stimulus to Health Care ReformStimulus 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 ObamaCare: Health Care TransformationTransformation•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”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 MurdersBest Way to Reduce Mass


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