Health & Public Assistance Domestic Policy "We can never insure one- hundred percent of the population against one-hundred percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life. But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age. This law, too, represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built, but is by no means complete.... It is...a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economic structure of vastly greater soundness." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, August 14, 1935

Social Security  Federal Old-Age, Survivors, & Disability Insurance Program (OASDI)  Deducted from your paycheck (FICA)  22% of the federal budget went to Social Security in 2012

Social Security Benefits  Retirement  You can retire at 62 and take less money or wait until full retirement at 67  Spouse’s Benefit  Any current spouse and an ex-spouse of a marriage that lasted at least 10 years  Widow/Widower Benefits  Children’s Benefit  Disability Benefit  If you cannot continue in your job  Supplemental Security Insurance  Severely disabled children may be eligible

Unemployment Insurance  Added to the Social Security law  If you are involuntarily laid off you can claim unemployment benefits from your state  Employers fund this by paying a tax

Medicare  Added to Social Security in 1965  21% of the federal budget went to Medicare in 2012  Provides health care for nearly 48 million elderly people  Medicare Explained Video Medicare Explained Video  Medicade & CHIP  Supply insurance for approximately 60 million low income children and adults

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)  Formerly known as “Food Stamps”Food Stamps  Attempt to increase the food buying power of low income Americans  Program starts in 1961  1961: 367,000 people on food stamps  2012: 46,000,000  Corey Booker’s Food Stamp ChallengeFood Stamp Challenge

Stem Cell Research  Microscopic cells that are the “building blocks of life”  They can develop into MANY different cell types in the body  They can act as “repair” cells  Why might some religious groups argue that the government should not fund research using stem cells?  What might scientists say to these groups?

Your Retirement  How much do you think you need to retire?