Deck 13: Texas

Question 1

Which statement is true regarding graduate medical education in Texas after the 2011 legislative session?

A)The Physician Education Loan Repayment program was reduced by about 75%.
B)Funding for family practice residency programs was reduced by small, annual increments.
C)Texas aggressively sought to keep Texas-educated physicians in Texas after medical school.
D)The primary care residency program received increased funding at the expense of specialties.

Answer 1

The Physician Education Loan Repayment program was reduced by about 75%.

Question 2

Based on the 2010 and 2012 elections, what seems to be the likely makeup of the Texas House of Representatives for the foreseeable future?

A)a lopsided Republican majority
B)an almost 50-50 Republican-Democrat split
C)95 Democrats and 55 Republicans
D)a tenuous Republican majority

Answer 2

a lopsided Republican majority

Question 3

After the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, in Texas ____.

A)most Medicaid recipients were either disabled, blind, or pregnant
B)many families with low income became eligible for Medicaid
C)few elders were able to qualify for Medicare
D)most poor families were still covered by the Rainy Day fund

Answer 3

most Medicaid recipients were either disabled, blind, or pregnant

Question 4

The Center for Public Policy Priorities estimated that, through the Affordable Care Act, of the 6.1 million uninsured in Texas ____.

A)1 million adults would become eligible for Medicaid at little cost to the state
B)few adults or children would actually become eligible for Medicaid or subsidized coverage
C)roughly 90% would become eligible for Medicaid coverage
D)1 million adults and children would become eligible for Medicaid at substantial cost to the state

Question 5

In 2011, the legislature was committed to not raising taxes and also to preserving the roughly $8 billion Rainy Day Fund. How did they accomplish that?

A)by cutting school funding and estimated requirements for health and human services
B)by slightly raising the oil and gas production tax
C)by significantly raising the oil and gas production tax
D)by freezing salaries of state employees and legislators

Question 6

The state of Texas has tried whenever possible to implement social policies ____.

A)on an experimental or pay-as-you-go approach
B)through entitlements to benefits and services
C)through raising the tax rate
D)through use of the Rainy Day fund

Question 7

What was the issue in the case of RAJ v. MHMR?

A)Patients' treatment standards and poor conditions in state hospitals
B)Adequacy of screening and provision of services to children on Medicaid under the EPSDT program
C)Constitutionality of provisions of the Affordable Care Act
D)State ban on entities affiliated with an abortion provider from participation in the Texas Women's Health Program

Question 8

Which statement is true regarding Texas?

A)Texas is home to some of the top medical institutions in the country.
B)About 50% of the population of Texas lacks health insurance.
C)In 1969, Houston physicians performed the first face transplant.
D)In the late 1920s, the first managed care plan was formed in Dallas.

Question 9

Over time, a reluctant state of Texas has been forced to expand and improve services, including of the mental health and state school systems. By whom?

A)the Courts
B)the President
C)the Governor
D)the Legislature

Question 10

What does the author conclude regarding the role of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)in Texas?

A)Texas will not see the full range of benefits potentially on offer from the federal government.
B)Texas will voluntarily expand Medicaid in accordance with the ACA to maximize its benefits.
C)Texas will develop a state insurance exchange in order to provide the lowest level of insurance permitted under the ACA.
D)Texas will soon leave behind the position of being first in the nation in numbers of uninsured.

Question 11

Which statement is true regarding the Texas state government?

A)The Governor usually exercises his line-item veto after the legislature adjourns.
B)Newly elected legislators receive a crash course in the issues and strategies they will encounter.
C)The legislature meets annually for 140 days.
D)Increases in spending are readily supported by the oil and gas production tax.

Question 12

In 1985, the Texas legislature passed a statute that placed responsibility for indigent care with ____.

A)the county
B)the Rainy Day fund
C)Medicaid
D)Medicare

Question 13

As of early 2013, Texas had ____.

A)drafted legislation to develop a state insurance exchange that was not voted out of committee
B)committed to developing a state insurance exchange
C)applied for federal funding
D)had sought to expand Medicaid at little cost to the state

Question 14

Which statement accurately reflects the current level of health insurance coverage in Texas?

A)Medicaid and CHIP have consumed an increasing amount of funds.
B)Employer-based coverage has increased by roughly 10%.
C)Compared to the U.S. as a whole, Texas has comparable rates of insurance.
D)Texas has relatively high levels of unionization which leads to better insurance coverage.

Question 15

Which statement is true regarding Texas?

A)Texas was so adept at drawing down additional Medicaid funds that the federal government instituted new rules to limit this.
B)On principle, Texas has declined virtually all Medicaid funds.
C)Currently, more than one in three adults in Texas is covered by Medicaid, but only one in twenty children.
D)Few potential Medicaid recipients who are in a category unrelated to income, such as blindness or disability, actually receive benefits.