Deck 18: Extension 4: Focus On: Health Policy

Question 1

What would be an example of government health protecting the physical security of the nation?

A) veterans' hospitals
B) government paying for coverage
C) viewing health care as a right
D) employer-based insurance

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which part of Medicare involves recipients purchasing further coverage for uncovered aspects?

A) hospitalization
B) doctor visits
C) preventive care
D) prescription drugs

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Before 2008, the Medicaid program paid for __________ of all births in the country.

A) 5 percent
B) one-third
C) over 50 percent
D) three-fourths

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The U.S. Public Health Corps, started during the Adams presidency, is known today as __________.

A) Food and Drug Administration
B) Public Health Service
C) Department of Health and Human Services
D) Department of Disease Control

Question 5

Direct health care to military personnel is provided through which department of the executive branch?

A) the White House
B) the Department of Defense
C) the War Department
D) Department for Health and Human Services

Question 6

What is S-CHIP?

A) a federal law ensuring patient privacy
B) health coverage for children
C) a chip placed under a patient's skin storing his or her medical history
D) where Medicare funds are held

Question 7

Medicaid is a government program that provides medical coverage for the __________.

A) very young
B) elderly
C) poor
D) government officials

Question 8

What era in American history introduced the National Quarantine Act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases?

A) 1790s
B) 1820s
C) 1870s
D) 1930s

Question 9

What percentage of the American population went uninsured in 2011?

A) over 5 percent
B) over 17 percent
C) over 23 percent
D) about 33 percent

Question 10

Under Medicare, doctors and medical facilities send their bills to __________.

A) private insurance companies
B) the patients
C) the government
D) the hospital owners

Question 11

The government role in public health began as __________.

A) a security issue
B) an issue people could not understand
C) a controversial issue
D) a military issue

Question 12

Which famous First Lady was a vigorous spokesperson for social justice?

A) Lady Bird Johnson
B) Eleanor Roosevelt
C) Laura Bush
D) Pat Nixon

Question 13

The Medicaid program would not be adequately funded without help from __________.

A) the president
B) insurance companies
C) the states
D) the Department of Health and Human Services

Question 14

Most of the fraud ($47 billion dollars in 2009) in the Medicare program has been attributed to __________.

A) unrealistic expectations
B) refusal to treat Medicare patients
C) overbilling by doctors
D) higher taxation

Question 15

Medicare funds basic medical expenses for the __________.

A) very young
B) elderly
C) poor
D) government officials

Question 16

Before the health care reform legislation of 2010, federal and state governments were already paying about __________ percent of all health care costs and prescription drugs.

A) 25
B) 35
C) 50
D) 75

Question 17

Many hospitals are operated by corporations, meaning that many hospitals may be owned by __________.

A) the government
B) churches
C) insurance companies
D) charities

Question 18

What can be said about health insurance and minority groups in the United States?

A) health outcomes are decreasing but insignificant
B) infant mortality rates are higher for whites than nonwhites
C) more than one-third of American Indians lack insurance
D) Hispanics refuse the help of government through Medicaid

Question 19

The federal government has been providing Americans personal health care since __________.

A) 1798
B) 1860
C) 1933
D) 2012

Question 20

Health care is provided to 22 million veterans through which agency?

A) Department of Defense
B) the War Department
C) Department of Veterans Affairs
D) Department of Health and Human Services

Question 21

Name two reasons health care costs are so expensive in the United States.

Question 22

Hospitals spend about __________ percent of their budgets on billing and administration.

A) 15
B) 25
C) 35
D) 45

Question 23

Which presidents in the past tackled health care coverage and how?

Question 24

In June 2012, what part of the Affordable Care Act was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

A) the individual mandate
B) the Medicaid part
C) the preexisting condition coverage
D) the single-payer system

Question 25

Before the 2010 health care law, people who could afford health care coverage were denied benefits usually because of __________.

A) inadequate income
B) their current employers
C) preexisting conditions
D) they are already on Medicare or Medicaid

Question 26

All congressional Republicans opposed the Affordable Care Act because they were opposed to __________.

A) market-based solutions
B) single payer systems
C) tax credits for individuals
D) state involvement

Question 27

How has Massachusetts attempted to cope with health care reform?

Question 28

The individual mandate feature of the Affordable Care Act is opposed by who?

A) Democrats
B) insurance companies
C) Republicans
D) the Supreme Court

Question 29

Which of the following is best example of "medical tourism"?

A) prescription drugs purchased abroad
B) building hospitals in foreign countries
C) adapting a current health care policy to a foreign one
D) the ability to use foreign health care plans in the United States

Question 30

What is medical tourism?

Question 31

What are some characteristics of the existing health care system?

A) low costs
B) efficiency
C) adequate quality
D) limited coverage

Question 32

Under the Affordable Care Act, who is exempt from the coverage penalty?

A) those with enough income
B) large employers
C) small businesses
D) high-income individuals

Question 33

Describe a government agency that deals with public health.

Question 34

Lack of access to medical care can result in __________.

A) shorter life spans
B) lower mortality rates
C) preventive care
D) inadequate quality

Question 35

The Affordable Care Act __________.

A) features an individual mandate
B) features "Medicare for all"
C) was offered to Congress by the president
D) supports and funds a public option

Question 36

Who was the first modern president to tackle health care coverage?

A) Barack Obama
B) Mitt Romney
C) Lyndon Johnson
D) Harry Truman

Question 37

What is the major role of the PHS?

Question 38

The Massachusetts health care reform was passed in 2006 with the help of which governor?

A) Howard Dean
B) Jeb Bush
C) Barack Obama
D) Mitt Romney

Question 39

What makes the quality of health care in the Unitied States inadequate for many people?

A) the flux of the stock market
B) lack of prevenitive care
C) life expectancy
D) higher health premiums

Question 40

What is a major reform found in the Affordable Care Act of 2010?

A) doctors will not be able to see as many patients as they want.
B) insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage to patients with preexisting conditions.
C) insurance will be able to pick and choose their customers.
D) insurance companies will be encouraged to outsource jobs to India.

Question 41

Describe how the Supreme Court answered the legal questions concerning the Affordable Care Act in 2012.

Question 42

Describe the Republican and Democratic ideas about the appropriate role of government in health care.

Question 43

What is the single-payer system?

Question 44

What are the costs and benefits of Medicare and Medicaid?

Question 45

Explain some advantages and disadvantages of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

Question 46

List and describe some current government health care programs.