Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.
Welfare state Government transfer Poverty program Social insurance program Poverty threshold Poverty rate Mean household income Median household income Gini coefficient Means-tested In-kind benefit Negative income tax Private health insurance Single-payer system | a health care system in which the government is the principal payer of medical bills funded through taxes. the income of the household lying at the exact middle of the income distribution. a benefit given in the form of goods or services. the average income across all households. a government program designed to provide protection against unpredictable financial distress. a number that summarizes a country’s level of income inequality based on how unequally income is distributed across quintiles. a program in which each member of a large pool of individuals pays a fixed amount to a private company that agrees to pay most of the medical expenses of the pool’s members. describes a program in which benefits are available only to individuals or families whose incomes fall below a certain level. payments by the government to individuals for which no good or service is provided in return. the collection of government programs designed to alleviate economic hardship. the annual income below which a family is officially considered poor. a government program designed to aid the poor. the percentage of the population with incomes below the poverty threshold. a government program that supplements the income of low-income working families. |