Government in America
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 GDP | Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy |
| Health Maintenance Organization | Organization contracted by individuals or insurance companies to provide health care for a yearly fee. Such network health plans limit the choice of doctors and treaments. About 60 percent of Americans are enrolled in HMO or similar programs. |
| Medicare | A program added to the Social Security system in 1965 that provides hospitalization insurance for the elderly and permits older Americans to purchase inexpensive coverage for doctor fees and other health expenses. Entitlement |
| Medicaid | A public assistance program designed to provide health care for poor americans. Medicaid is funded by both the states and the national government. Means Tested Programs |
| National Health Insurance | A compulsory insurance program for all Americans that would have the government finance citizens' medical care. First proposed by President Harry S. Truman, the plan was soundly opposed by the American Medical Association. |
| Socialized Medicine | A medical care system in which the government owns and operates most medical facilities and employs most physicians. |
| Environmental Protection Agency of 1970 | An agency of the federal government created in 1970 and charged with administering all the government's environmental legislation. It also administers policies dealing with toxic wastes. It is the largest federal independent regulatory agency. |
| National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 | A law passed in 1969 requiring agencies to issue an environmental impact statement before undertaking any major action affecting the environment. |
| Environmental Impact Statement | A statement required by federal law from all agencies for any project using federal funds to access the potential effect of the new construction or development on the environment. |
| Clean Air Act of 1970 | The law aimed at combating air pollution by charging the EPA with protecting and improving the quality of the nation's air. |
| Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 | A law intended to clean up the nation's rivers and lakes, by enabling regulation of point sources of pollution. |
| Superfund of 1980 | A fund created by Congress in 1980 to clean up hazardous waste sites. Money for the fund comes from taxing chemical products. |
| Endangered Species Act of 1973 | This law requires the federal government to protect actively each of the hundreds of species listed as endangered |
| Global Warming | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) |
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