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Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1
Before 1935 the U.S. had no national social welfare program.
A)True
B)False
2
Social Assistance programs provide minimal benefits for the very needy.
A)True
B)False
3
Social insurance benefits are paid for through fiscal welfare.
A)True
B)False
4
Medicare covers people who retire before they reach age 65.
A)True
B)False
5
The vast majority of Medicaid dollars are spent on home- and community-based care.
A)True
B)False
6
In 2005 less than 5 million Americans received Social Security benefits.
A)True
B)False
7
The United States had no national security welfare programs until Franklin D. Roosevelt became president.
A)True
B)False
8
The term replacement rate refers to the practice of replacing elderly persons in the labor force with younger persons.
A)True
B)False
9
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) penalizes elderly women, who are more likely than men to move in with relatives because of limited income, failing health, or both.
A)True
B)False
10
Social Security provides more than 75 percent of the income of older people.
A)True
B)False







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