Across
- 2. a federal program that provides medical benefits for low income people
- 4. an internal means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs
- 8. an alternate means of health care in which individuals make tax deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses
- 9. a combination of entitlement programs, paid for by employer and employee taxes, that includes retiremnet benefits, health insurance, and support for disabled workers and the children of deceased or disabled workers
Down
- 1. aid to the poor
- 2. a national health insurance program for the elderly and disabled
- 3. programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government, usaully in the form of payroll taxes
- 5. programs such as unemployment insurance disater relief, or disability payments that provide benfits to all eligible citizens
- 6. programs such as medicaid and welfare inder which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need
- 7. the many programd that the federal governmetn provides to protect americans against economic and social misfortune