means testing
Checking financial eligibility
Means testing is the process of evaluating someone's income and assets to determine eligibility for government benefits or financial assistance.
Programs that are means-tested restrict aid to those below certain thresholds: Medicaid uses means testing to limit coverage to low-income individuals.
The practice is sometimes criticized for creating bureaucratic hurdles or stigmatizing recipients.
Subsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
- SNAPFederal nutrition assistance
- housing vouchersGovernment rent payment assistance
- TANFFederal cash assistance program
- WICMaternal nutrition program
childcare assistance · public housing · free lunch program · disability benefits · unemployment benefits · social security
Point of beginning
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- verificationProving something accurate
determination · income limits · documentation · proof of income · application · disqualification · cutoff · sliding scale
Determining worth or quality
- reviewCritical written assessment
- verificationProving something accurate
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- analysisMethodical study of parts
examination · income verification · case review · annual review · redetermination · audit
Policy changing public assistance
- poverty lineIncome cutoff marking need
- targetingSelecting as objective
- universalismDoctrine of total reconciliation
- administrative burdenExcessive official paperwork demands
food stamps
Subsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
- SNAPFederal nutrition assistance
- housing vouchersGovernment rent payment assistance
- TANFFederal cash assistance program
WIC · childcare assistance · public housing · free lunch program · disability benefits · unemployment benefits · social security
threshold
Point of beginning
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- screeningEvaluative selection process
verification · determination · income limits · documentation · proof of income · application · disqualification · cutoff · sliding scale · phase-out
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- reviewCritical written assessment
- verificationProving something accurate
- investigationFormal examination of facts
analysis · examination · income verification · case review · annual review · redetermination · audit
welfare reform
Policy changing public assistance
- poverty lineIncome cutoff marking need
- targetingSelecting as objective
- universalismDoctrine of total reconciliation
- allocation methodslottery, quota, rationing, first come first served, merit-based
- eligibilityeligible, ineligible, eligibility, eligibility criteria, qualified
- redistributionredistribution, wealth transfer, progressive tax, wealth tax, estate tax
- social benefitssocial assistance, disability benefits, unemployment insurance, income support, retirement benefits
- social insurancesocial insurance, social safety net, safety net, unemployment insurance, workers compensation
- Social Policysocial welfare, welfare reform, public assistance, social security, social insurance
means testinguniversalism
Doctrine of total reconciliation
universal basic income · UBI · universal coverage · blanket coverage · automatic enrollment
mean, means, meaning, testing, meant, meaningful, meanness, meaningless, well-meaning