Chapters 13 and Dec Budget - due by 4/27



HW –
Read Exploring Economics Unit 13
Read Whatever Happened to Penny Candy Chapter 13
Complete Questions below
 
 
December Budget
Surprise Card
New Health regulations are passed by Congress, reduces your health insurance coverage. Your child becomes ill and insurance refuses to pay for all of the charges for treatment - you must pay 2,000 before the hospital will treat your child. Do you have that money? Subtract the payment from your bank account whether you have the money or not. If you end with a negative balance that indicates that your family has ended the year in debt 




Week 13 - Exploring Economics Unit 13 and Penny Candy Chapter 13
From Penny Candy:
1.      True or False: Inflation is an increase in the amount of money.
2.      When the amount of money goes up, the value of the money goes ___________.
3.      True or False: Inflation is rising prices.
4.      Name one reason the dark ages lasted so long.
From Exploring Economics
5.      What fraction of the U.S. gross domestic product is devoted to health care?
6.      What fraction of the Federal budget goes to health care?
7.      What percentage of the population is covered by employer based health insurance?
8.      What was the original intention of Social Security?
9.      How are Social Security retirement benefits calculated?
10.  What are three reasons why Social Security is facing disaster?
11.  What are the three elements of the Medicare program?
12.  What was the estimated cost for Medicare in 2009?
13.  What is OPEC?
14.  Petroleum use is what percentage of total U.S. energy consumption?
15.  What is the main use of coal in the United States?
16.  How much of the new car market did General Motors control in the 1950’s?
17.  What reduced the popularity of gas-guzzling cars in the 1970’s?
18.  Cars from what country challenged the predominance of American companies in the 1970’s and 1980’s?
19.  How does a fixed rate mortgage work?
20.  What is PMI?

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