Ch 19 Govt

healthcare

negative

directly provides all/most of a persons healthcare for a yearly fee

Those with a higher income are more likely to be insured.

Minorities are less likely to have healthcare.

intended to improve healthcare by focusing on prevention and designating a single doctor as a patients primary care provider

compulsory insurance program to finance all Americans' medical care

program designed to provide healthcare for the poor

costs and access

insists that you cannot worsen air quality where there is clean air to begin with

charged with administering all the govts environmental legislation

centerpiece of federal environmental policy; established requirements for environmental impact statements

report that specifies the likely environmental impact of a proposed action

charges the Dept of Transportation with reducing auto emissions

controlled pollution of the nation's lakes/rivers

created an endangered species protection program in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

occurs when energy from the sun is trapped under the atmosphere and warms the earth

requires nations to commit to cutting greenhouse emissions by a certain year

fund to clean up hazardous waste sites

the targeting of unwanted land uses to minority neighborhoods

It has grown in response to demands for the govt to be more active in healthcare and environmental concerns.