Deck 6: Health

Question 1

Per capita health spending in the United States

A)is comparable to that in most other industrialized nations.
B)is the highest than that of all the other industrialized nations.
C)is lower than that of most other industrialized nations.
D)cannot be measured because there is too much fluctuation.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Life expectancy for white females in the U.S. was ________ in 2014.

A)55 years
B)65 years
C)78 years
D)81 years

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Who was the first director of the U.S. Children's Bureau?

A)Grace Abbott
B)Jane Addams
C)Frances Perkins
D)Julia Lathrop

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The PPACA of 2010 required that

A)all Americans purchase health insurance
B)Americans not exempted due to financial hardship, Native American status, or religious beliefs purchase health insurance
C)Americans not exempted due to financial hardship, Native American status, or religious beliefs either purchase health insurance or pay a fee.
D)all Americans who do not purchase health insurance pay a fee.

Question 5

Under the Prospective Payment System

A)providers receive the same payment for all patients with the same diagnosis.
B)providers are paid in advance for services they deliver.
C)hospitals are required to discharge patients after a certain amount of time.
D)all of these.

Question 6

The first state to require Medicaid beneficiaries to enroll in managed care was

A)California.
B)New York.
C)Louisiana.
D)Arizona.

Question 7

Public provision of health care for veterans dates to

A)the Pilgrims.
B)the Civil War.
C)World War I.
D)the Spanish-American War.

Question 8

Proponents of the "Sanitary Movement" in England advocated

A)government oversight of urban sanitation measures.
B)tracking vital statistics.
C)government regulation of waste disposal.
D)all of these.

Question 9

Lobbyists for the health insurance industry have long been supporters of single-payer proposals.

Question 10

In the U.S., the concepts of insurance for medical purposes has evolved over centuries into three forms, which are

A)Medicare, Medicaid, and private.
B)Medicaid, employer-paid, and private.
C)mutual aid, government, and private.
D)mutual aid, Medicaid, and Medicare.

Question 11

The Hill-Burton Act of 1946

A)provided federal funding for hospital construction.
B)required that some hospitals provide care for the indigent.
C)established federal oversight of hospital care.
D)both provided federal funding for hospital construction and required that somehospitals provide care for the indigent.

Question 12

Opponents of the maternal and child health programs argued

A)the programs invaded the privacy of families.
B)the programs represented steps towards socialized medicine.
C)the programs would not be cost-effective.
D)both that the programs invaded the privacy of families and that they representedsteps towards socialized medicine.

Question 13

Historically, insurance regulation in the U.S. has been carried out at the _________ level of government.

A)federal
B)state
C)county
D)local

Question 14

A physician's "fiduciary responsibility" is to

A)place the patient's interests above his or her own.
B)do no harm.
C)use only proven treatments.
D)ensure that ethical standards of care are followed.

Question 15

The Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act would

A)establish government-run long-term care insurance.
B)require that all Americans over age 60 purchase long-term care insurance.
C)reform community-based care programs funded under Medicaid.
D)require that people with disabilities be given the opportunity to live in the community.

Question 16

The 1935 Social Security Act expanded programs for child and maternal health.

Question 17

During Medicaid's first 30 years of operation, its costs increased because of

A)an expanded pool of beneficiaries.
B)inflation in medical prices.
C)states transferring clients onto Medicaid.
D)all of these.

Question 18

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

A)allows young adults to retain their parents' health insurance until age 26.
B)gives small businesses tax credits for providing health insurance.
C)is a comprehensive, single-payer health reform act.
D)both allows young adults to retain their parents' health insurance until age 26 and gives small business tax credits for providing health insurance.

Question 19

Like early Poor Law provisions, early public health measures operated at the local, rather than federal level.

Question 20

The grant-in-aid mechanism was used to establish early programs for child and maternal health.

Question 21

The U.S. has the world's lowest infant mortality rate.

Question 22

Discuss the role of social workers in health care, giving specific examples. Do you agree this is a neglected area of practice? Why or why not?

Question 23

The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act increased access to Medicaid for low-income Americans.

Question 24

Although Medicaid is operated as a federal-state partnership, its funding all comes from federal sources.

Question 25

Abram de Swaan identified three conditions that encourage collective solutions to individual problems. Apply his conditions to the problem of HIV/AIDS infection, and speculate on the likelihood of a collective response.

Question 26

Recent decades have seen two attempts to expand Medicare benefits. List the year and name for each one.

Question 27

Today, the U.S. Veterans Administration provides health care to veterans regardless of their financial need.

Question 28

Describe the alternatives for long-term care and some of the issues in access and financing.

Question 29

The use of managed care has reduced Medicare costs.

Question 30

Medicaid finances health care for retirees.

Question 31

The proportion of total Medicare costs covered by enrollee premium payments has increased in recent years.

Question 32

What is social justice and why is health care a social justice issue?

Question 33

On average, women have more chronic illness than men in the U.S.

Question 34

Medicare provides health coverage to older Americans.

Question 35

Medicare finances health care for all retirees.

Question 36

The American Medical Association (AMA) strongly opposed the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.

Question 37

The number of non-profit health providers decreased during the 1990s.

Question 38

Today most states have incorporated managed care into their Medicaid programs.