Exam 14: Health Policy and the Us Health Care System

Which one of the following programs provides health coverage to adults age 65 and older in the U.S.?

Health care expenditures in the U.S. have steadily increased over the past three decades both in terms of total cost and in percent of gross domestic product.

The U.S. health care system is the costliest health system in the world.

Health savings accounts HSAs) were designed to encourage health care consumers to be more conscious of costs; in these plans, consumers pay for a service using money from their HSA rather than having an insurance company cover all or most of the costs.

What legislation provided start-up funds to establish new health maintenance organizations HMOs) and required that employers offer an HMO if one was available in their communities?

If health care services are paid for by a local, state, or government source, they are paid for through:

The Hill-Burton Act of 1947 impacted the U.S. health care system in which one of the following ways?

What is the primary source of payment for health care services among people under age 65 in the United States?

Medicaid provides health coverage to low-income pregnant women and their children and also covers some individuals with disabilities.

Nearly half 46.2%) of all U.S. health expenditures in 2008 were paid for by which one of the following sources?

is as an authoritative decision made in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government that is intended to direct or influence actions or behaviors related to health.

No state has ever implemented a mandate that all its residents purchase health insurance coverage.

States are governed by federal health policies and therefore have no flexibility in how they manage programs like Medicaid or how their local health departments operate.

In which one of the following phases of policy making would rules and regulations be developed to operationalize the policy? a. Policy formation b. Policy implementation c. Policy modification d. Policy repeal

Which one series of terms below accurately describes the U.S. health care system?

During the 20^th century, every U.S. president passed a new health reform bill.

The amount of money an individual must pay before an insurance provider begins to pay for health care services is called the premium.

The majority of employer-based health insurance plans in the U.S. are managed care plans - HMOs or PPOs.

Most industrialized nations have health systems like the U.S. - in other words, systems in which there is no central control and there is no guarantee to health care.