Welfare_System(1)福利

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1、USSocialServicesThreechaptersSocialSecurity1WelfareProgramme2VoluntaryServices34SocialSecuritysystem:whichbenefitsareearnedanddistributed.Welfaresystem:whichprovidesassistancestopeoplewithfinancialproblems.PublicSocialServicesSocialsecurity3mainareasOASDHI(oldage,survivors,disability,healthinsu

2、rance)MedicareUnemploymentcompensation(补偿金)1.Oldage,survivors,disabilityhealthinsurance1Thepoorfamilieswithchildren(AFDC)couldrequirecashfromgovernment.2Theolderpersonsandpersonswithdisabilitiesarebenefitedfromit.2.MedicareMedicalInsurance(HealthCare)Itmeansifyouaresick,thegovernmentwillpayform

3、ostlymoney.3.UnemploymentcompensationIfyouwereunemployed,youwouldgetsomesubsidyfromgovernment.926515647About92percentofpeopleaged65andoverreceivebenefits.156millionAmericanspaysocialsecuritytaxes.About47millioncollectmonthlybenefits.WelfareProgrammejobtraining-unemployedhousing-homelessfoodstam

4、ps–thosebelowtheofficialpovertylineLet’shavesomefunMymotherdidn’tincreasethewealthofapennyforUSandhadbeentherefor20years,butsheenjoyedthewelfaresystem.Iboughtherahouseinshanghai,shestayedthreemonthslaterandinsistedongoingbacktoAmerica.Becauseshewaspushedeverywhereontheroad,tothehospital,intothe

5、elevator,getonthecar,walkallbeenpushed.Duringthe20yearsinUS,sheonlyhasbeenpushedtwice.TheyareallChinese.陈丹青：我母亲没为美国增加过1分钱财富，可她享受美国福利制度，她在美国20年了，我试图让她回国，在上海给她买了房子，她待了3个月就坚持回美国。因为她到处被人推，在马路上、到医院里、进电梯、上车、走路都被人推，她说她在美国20年，只被人推了两次，回头一看都是中国人。Howironic!!Voluntaryorganisationplayanimportantroleinrender

6、inghelptopeopleinneedofassistance.FormostAmericanpeopleCrucial——immediate&accessibleSingle-issue-orientedvoluntaryorganisations:TheNationalCoalitionfortheHomeless(NCH)TheNationalCoalitionfortheHomelessisanationalnetworkofpeoplewhoarecurrentlyexperiencingorwhohaveexperiencedhomelessness,activi

7、stsandadvocates,community-basedandfaith-basedserviceproviders,andotherscommittedtoasinglemission.Thatmissionistoendhomelessness.OrganisationsfordiversifiedservicesTheChildWelfareLeagueofAmerica(CWLA)CWLAisapowerfulcoalitionofhund