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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Who developed the concept of the sociological imagination?
A) Emile Durkheim B) Max Weber C) Karl Marx D) C. Wright Mills
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The research literature is clear in pointing out that women are the primary caretakers of the frail elderly. b. Adult daughters are more likely than wives to care for dependent husbands/fathers. c. The research literature suggests that husband report higher levels of burden associated with caregiving than wives. d. all of the above are true
"To do no harm" researchers must be careful not to cause pain to subjects. Critics of Milgram's study argue that he violated this principle by
a. failing to provide incentives to participants. b. failing to anticipate that subjects might suffer by participating in the study. c. disclosing participants' identities and causing embarrassment. d. allowing some individuals to inflict pain on others. e. all of these
Critical theorists see education as a cultural tool to keep people passive and in their place.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)