means-tested transfers
1Transfer payment — In political science and economics, a transfer payment is a payment of money from a government to an individual for which no good or service is required in return. In economics, government transfer payments can be considered a negative tax, since …
2Medicaid — Not to be confused with Medicare. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Medicaid administrator) logo Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means tested program… …
3Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …
4United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
5Italian welfare state — Since Esping Andersen, works upon the models of welfare state showed only two tendencies about Italy’s placement in the typology. Esping Andersen himself (1990) and Castles Mitchell (1993) put Italy in the Conservative Corporatist model, along… …
6Welfare state — This article is about the welfare state as a general concept. For the system known as the Welfare State in the United Kingdom, see Welfare State. % of GDP in social expenditures in OECD states, 2001. A welfare state is a concept of government in… …
7Water supply and sanitation in Latin America — is characterized by insufficient access and in many cases by poor service quality, with detrimental impacts on public health. Water and sanitation services are provided by a vast array of mostly local service providers under an often fragmented… …
8National Employment Savings Trust — The National Employment Savings Trust (or NEST) is a pension system for all workers in the United Kingdom that do not have access to a company pension provided by their employer. It will be a universal, defined contribution scheme, accumulating a …
9Health insurance — is insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. By estimating the overall risk of health care expenses among a targeted group, an insurer can develop a routine finance structure, such as a monthly premium or payroll …
10Social determinants of health — are the economic and social conditions under which people live which determine their health. They are societal risk conditions , rather than individual risk factors that either increase or decrease the risk for a disease, for example for… …
