Deck 1: The Historical and Contemporary Context for Healthcare Social Work Practice

Question 1

_______________________ is the largest health insurance program in the United States. It is also the primary source of the country's long-term care financing.

A) Blue Cross Blue Shield
B) Medicaid
C) Medicare
D) S-Chip

Answer 1

Medicaid

Question 2

The PPACA is expected to extend insurance coverage to ______________% of U.S. citizens and other legal residents when fully phased in.

A) 87%
B) 40 %
C) 94%
D) 73%

Answer 2

94%

Question 3

Medicaid _____________________________ can be used by states to pilot new healthcare programs.

A) Entitlement programs
B) S-Chip
C) Part A
D) Waiver systems

Answer 3

Waiver systems

Question 4

Much like our modern-day pharmacies, ____________________________ were private clinics that provided medications and outpatient services.

A) Almshouses
B) Charitable Relief Organizations
C) Dispensaries
D) National Institutes of Health

Question 5

_____________________________ established the first organized social work department in the United States.

A) Dr. Rebecca Cole
B) Ida Maud Cannon
C) Mary Richmond
D) Stephen Humphreys Gurteens

Question 6

Medicare ________________ covers inpatient hospital care, limited skilled nursing facility care, and home health and hospice care.

A) Part A
B) Part B
C) Part C
D) Part D

Question 7

Following the Civil War, individual states created charitable organizations to serve _____________________________.

A) Immigrants
B) "Hopeless" cases
C) The "worthy poor"
D) Merchant seamen

Question 8

The first Charity Organization Societies in the United States utilized _______________________ who were modeled after the English almoners.

A) Friendly visitors
B) Sanitary visitors
C) Good Samaritans
D) Nuns

Question 9

The _______________________________ under the PPACA requires most U.S. citizens and legal residents to maintain a minimum level of health insurance coverage for themselves and their tax dependents or pay a tax penalty.

A) Shared responsibility payment
B) Individual mandate
C) Health exchange
D) Health Security Act

Question 10

The "golden age of public health" and the __________________________ era overlapped.

A) Antebellum
B) Reagan
C) Progressive
D) Reconstruction

Question 11

As entitlement programs, Medicare and Medicaid must __________________________.

A) Be included in the federal budget
B) Automatically enroll anyone who has paid into the system
C) Not charge copays or deductibles
D) Have the same eligibility requirements in all 50 States

Question 12

___________________________ is considered a social insurance program.

A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) S-Chip
D) HIPPA

Question 13

Americans have ________________ difficulty paying for healthcare and healthcare insurance and are ________________ satisfied with their healthcare system than individuals in other first-world countries.

A) No/equally
B) Less/more
C) Equal/more
D) More/less

Question 14

In both a nationalized healthcare system and a single-payer model of healthcare, the government pays for covered services, either directly or indirectly, with tax revenues and/or "premiums" paid for by individuals and businesses.

Question 15

Ida Cannon's approach of advocating for patients and promoting organization change while respecting the primary medical role of the physician in dealing with physical disease and the central position of the physician on the healthcare team remains today a hallmark of contemporary social work in healthcare practice.

Question 16

The prime proponent for deinstitutionalization was Dorothea Lynde Dix.

Question 17

The first Charity Organization Societies (COS) in the United States did not offer direct relief but rather provided moral and spiritual "uplifting" to the "undeserving poor."

Question 18

Since Medicaid is funded and administered solely by the federal government, a Medicaid beneficiary can seek services in any state.

Question 19

Mary Richmond was the first sanitary visitor.

Question 20

Early almshouses typically contained the sick, mentally ill, elderly, disabled, and vagrant together.

Question 21

Dr. Richard Cabot created and paid for the first clinical social work position.

Question 22

Barack Obama was the first United States president to attempt to create a national healthcare system.

Question 23

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) endorses a national healthcare policy that ensures the right to universal access to a continuum of physical and mental healthcare throughout all stages of the life cycle.

Question 24

If an individual has both Medicare Part A and Part B, they will have no deductibles, coinsurance, or limitations on the total amount of reimbursable charges.

Question 25

The enactment of what two government healthcare programs in the 1960s significantly increased the demand for healthcare social work?

Question 26

Unlike a national or single-payer system of healthcare, a __________________________ healthcare system is characterized by a significant array of insurance companies vying against one another in a highly competitive marketplace.

Question 27

The difficulty in creating universal access to healthcare services in the United States stems from a conflict of political, economic, and social values. Briefly describe some of the ways these areas of conflict have influenced and continue to influence the direction of healthcare reform.