Exam 5: Public Problems and Policy Alternatives

The Obama health-care reforms were approved in ______.

The beginning of any policy study involves a description of a ______.

Operational measures are also referred to as ______.

The Affordable Care Act (Obama's health-care law) included funding for many pilot projects and special studies that will be used to select future policy options to use on a more widespread basis. The funding of these efforts is an example of the policy tools called ______.

Economists want to replace the gross domestic product with the ______.