One of the consequences in the Supreme Court’s decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012) was
a. upholding the requirement of the Affordable Care Act that the states expand their Medicaid programs.
b. it gave state leaders new policy discretion on expanding Medicaid as they could accept the money from the federal government if they wanted, but the federal government could not force an expansion of the program.
c. the Court ruled that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, but the states had to offer affordable health insurance to all residents.
d. striking down the minimal requirements for health plans because it violated the commerce clause of the Constitution.
b. it gave state leaders new policy discretion on expanding Medicaid as they could accept the money from the federal government if they wanted, but the federal government could not force an expansion of the program.
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a. Tenth and Twelfth b. Eleventh and Thirteenth c. Thirteenth and Fourteenth d. Fourteenth and Fifteenth
The term hegemony refers to a. the ability of a particular state to dominate world affairs
b. the ability of a particular branch of government to dominate other branches. c. the dependency of one country's economy on another country's economy. d. the ability of international organizations to influence the domestic policies of countries. e. the spread of democracy worldwide.
According to the data, approximately half of the people incarcerated in state prisons were there for which of the following types of crimes?
A. murder B. robbery C. drug offenses D. grand theft
In comparative politics, the term state refers to
a. subnational units of government like Missouri. b. the total area of a country. c. the key political institutions in a country. d. the government in power in a country. e. a group of people with a common ethnicity.