U4 M35 The Social Security Program

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Across
  1. 4. is a United States federal payroll(or employment) contribution directed towards both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare
  2. 6. Medicare Part D deals with ____ drug plans.
  3. 10. President ______ signed the Social Security Act in 1935.
  4. 11. The program works by using taxes paid into a trust fund to provide benefits to people who are eligible.
  5. 12. is a tax withheld from an employee's salary by an employer who pays it to the government on their behalf.
  6. 13. is the national health insurance program for people over the age of 65.
Down
  1. 1. are things that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being
  2. 2. Medicare Part B deals with ____ insurance.
  3. 3. Payment of monthly Social Security benefits began in _______ 1940.
  4. 5. Social Security is not the only program that is designed to assist _______ citizens
  5. 7. Medicare Part A deals with ____ insurance.
  6. 8. Title II is what we know now as Social Security. In the original legislation, benefits were to be paid only to the _________ worker when he or she retired at age 65.
  7. 9. The Social Security Act includes two major provisions: 1. Title I provides funds to support state _________ programs.