The following is from an address given by Mary W. Dewson, a member of the Social Security Board, to the Women's City Club of Boston on February 17,1938. from This Social Security -What Is it? Social Insurance, like private Insurance, has limitations. You can't, for example, Insure people who are already old against old-age dependency, any more than you can insure your car against property damages after you have had a smash-up . Yet some provision has to be made for this non-Insurable need. Nobody knows exactly how many of those now old are without sufficient resources for their own support. Surveys made some years ago in Massachusetts, Connecticut and other States showed that anywhere from 40 to 50 percent of the people over 65 had an income of less than 300 a year.And 300 a year is the modest minimum which, the American people seem to think is essential for health and decency. To take care of such old people, the Social Security Act adds another provision -for assistance on the basis of need. With Federal grants to match State funds the States are now providing cash allowances for well over a million-and-a-half ... people. As time goes on, however. more people will be covered by the old-age insurance system, particularly when as we hope, it is extended to include practically all wage earners. (from "This Social Security -What Is It? by Mary W. Dewson) grow to include more of the population. Part B Which detail from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A? 1. You can't, for example insure people who are already old against old-age dependency, any more than you can insure your car against property damages after you have had a smash-up." 2. "Nobody knows exactly how many of those now old are without sufficient resources for their own support." 3. "To take care of such old people.the Social Security Act adds another provision-for assistance on the basis of need." 4. "As time goes on however, more people will be covered by the old-age insurance system. particularly when, as we hope, it is extended to include practically all wage earners."

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The following is from an address given by Mary W. Dewson, a member of the Social Security Board, to the Women's City Club of Boston on February 17,1938. from This Social Security -What Is it? Social Insurance, like private Insurance, has limitations. You can't, for example, Insure people who are already old against old-age dependency, any more than you can insure your car against property damages after you have had a smash-up . Yet some provision has to be made for this non-Insurable need. Nobody knows exactly how many of those now old are without sufficient resources for their own support. Surveys made some years ago in Massachusetts, Connecticut and other States showed that anywhere from 40 to 50 percent of the people over 65 had an income of less than 300 a year.And 300 a year is the modest minimum which, the American people seem to think is essential for health and decency. To take care of such old people, the Social Security Act adds another provision -for assistance on the basis of need. With Federal grants to match State funds the States are now providing cash allowances for well over a million-and-a-half ... people. As time goes on, however. more people will be covered by the old-age insurance system, particularly when as we hope, it is extended to include practically all wage earners. (from "This Social Security -What Is It? by Mary W. Dewson) grow to include more of the population. Part B Which detail from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A? 1. You can't, for example insure people who are already old against old-age dependency, any more than you can insure your car against property damages after you have had a smash-up." 2. "Nobody knows exactly how many of those now old are without sufficient resources for their own support." 3. "To take care of such old people.the Social Security Act adds another provision-for assistance on the basis of need." 4. "As time goes on however, more people will be covered by the old-age insurance system. particularly when, as we hope, it is extended to include practically all wage earners."

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3. "To take care of such old people, the social security Act adds another provision-for assistance on the basis of need."

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The passage discusses the limitations of social insurance and the provisions made by the Social Security Act to assist those who are old and without sufficient resources. The correct detail from Part B should support the idea that the Social Security Act provides assistance based on need to those who are not covered by old-age insurance. Detail 3, "To take care of such old people, the social security Act adds another provision-for assistance on the basis of need," best supports this idea because it directly addresses the provision made by the Social Security Act to help those in need.

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