Explain the purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 regarding people's access to health insurance.
What will be an ideal response?
The law mandates that, as of 2014, everyone (with some exceptions for low-income people) must purchase health insurance, if it is not provided through their employer or a government program, or face an annual fine. The federal government makes subsidies available to individuals with income between 133 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level to help them purchase insurance.
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Legislators who vote their conscience rather than voting as their constituents wish fit the role pattern of:
A. trustee. B. delegate. C. politico. D. broker.
Presiding officers in the Texas legislature have all but which one of the following powers?
a. Interpreting procedural rules when conflicts arise b. Assigning bills to committees c. Scheduling legislation for floor action d. Approving legislation in the case of a deadlock in committee e. Appointing most members of committees
Marco Polo saw Indian cities primarily in terms of wealth and objects
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is considered to be the broadest agenda of government, which would include all issues that might be subject to action or that are already being acted on by the government?
A. institutional agenda B. special interest agenda C. systemic agenda D. planning agenda