What is Medicare? Describe the program's strengths and weaknesses.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Medicare: A federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older (and for younger people receiving Social Security Disability Insurance payments or suffering from specified conditions).
2. Has kept millions of elderly people from impoverishing themselves to pay for health care costs
3. No stigma
4. Low administrative costs
5. Is not free, and bills can become a financial burden-elders average $6,000 each year
6. Nursing home care, dental care, hearing aids, eyeglasses, and other services not covered
7. Most elderly purchase additional insurance
8. Only the poorest have Medicaid
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Many analysts suggest that the planet already has more people than it can support in the long term; this means we have exceeded our planet's
a. demographic potential. b. carrying capacity. c. ecological balance. d. environmental balance.
Kaplan predicted increased alienation within these families for all but one of the
following reasons. Choose the response that is not an indicator. A Teen mothers have been found to be more likely to be abusive. B Family policy to develop and encourage social support systems and extended family support is not strong enough. C Teenage mothers children hear negative messages about mother and grandmother which threatens their positive development. D Race, class and gender discrimination maintain high stress levels and prevent adequate problem solving.
What are the three potential limitations of causal modeling techniques attributable to the fact that they rely on correlations?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is generally true of minorities?
A. They are fewer in number than the dominant population. B. They have lower numbers of births than the majority. C. They have less access to power and resources valued by society. D. They experience discomfort when they interact with the majority but not discrimination.