American Government › Section P · Domestic policy › Topic P.3
Policy arenas
Public policy becomes concrete in specific programmes: pensions, health insurance, food aid, research grants, school funding and business regulation. A few of these arenas account for most of what the federal government spends, and each comes with its own long-running debates.
In this topic
- The main domestic arenas
- Social insurance and means-tested aid
- Social Security
- Worked example: fewer workers per beneficiary
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Worked example: how big are the big three?
- Other income support
- Science, technology and education
- Business support and regulation
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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