means-tested
Based on finances
Means-tested describes benefits, programs, or assistance available only to people whose income or assets fall below a certain threshold.
Applicants must demonstrate financial need to qualify: Medicaid is a means-tested program, means-tested housing assistance.
The term distinguishes such programs from universal benefits available to everyone regardless of wealth.
Regular monetary receipts
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- verificationProving something accurate
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- criteriaStandards for judgment
application · household · assets · dependents · filing · screening · limits · guidelines
Public health coverage for poor
Just and equal treatment
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- accessibilityEase of approach
- progressivityRate increase with income
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
Extremely lacking in money
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
income
Regular monetary receipts
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- verificationProving something accurate
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
criteria · application · household · assets · dependents · filing · screening · limits · guidelines · determination
Medicaid
Public health coverage for poor
voucher · grant · scholarship
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- accessibilityEase of approach
- progressivityRate increase with income
inclusivity · stigma · dignity
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
indigence · subsistence · vulnerability · marginalization · destitution
- policy adjectivesfiscal, domestic, foreign, federal, national
- pricing termsprice, cost, fee, charge, rate
- social benefitssocial assistance, disability benefits, unemployment insurance, income support, retirement benefits
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, public assistance
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- Coverage Statuscovered, insured, uninsured, enrolled, unenrolled
means-testeduniversal
Affecting all equally
unconditional · universalist · universal basic income · universal healthcare · automatic
means-testedunconditional
Without limits or qualifications
automatic · guaranteed · no-strings-attached · blanket · across-the-board
mean, test, means, tested, meant, testimony, meanness, testament, means-test