Question 1

The Affordable Care Act provides tax credits to help individuals and small businesses buy health insurance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the Affordable Care Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a national government takeover of health care. 
B)  It provides universal coverage to all Americans. 
C)  It involves a single-payer health care system. 
D)  It requires all Americans to have health insurance. 
A)  It is a national government takeover of health care. 
B)  It provides universal coverage to all Americans. 
C)  It involves a single-payer health care system. 
D)  It requires all Americans to have health insurance.

Question 3

What is the name for networks of health care providers that directly provide all or most of a person's health care for a yearly fee?

Accepted Answer

A)  health maintenance organizations 
B)  hospital networks 
C)  alliances of health 
D)  fee-for-service networks 
A)  health maintenance organizations 
B)  hospital networks 
C)  alliances of health 
D)  fee-for-service networks

Question 4

The Children's Health Insurance Program targets which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children whose families are currently enrolled in Medicare. 
B)  Children whose families cannot afford private insurance but cannot qualify for Medicaid. 
C)  Children whose families are currently enrolled in an HMO. 
D)  Children whose families do not make enough money to receive Medicaid. 
A)  Children whose families are currently enrolled in Medicare. 
B)  Children whose families cannot afford private insurance but cannot qualify for Medicaid. 
C)  Children whose families are currently enrolled in an HMO. 
D)  Children whose families do not make enough money to receive Medicaid.

Question 5

Why is domestic oil production important? What are the major challenges to maintaining or expanding domestic oil production?

Accepted Answer

An ideal response will:
1.Explain that p

Question 6

In the United States,doctor visits per person have been increasing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What proportion of Americans have private health insurance of some kind-either through an employer or purchased individually?

Accepted Answer

A)  one-third 
B)  one-half 
C)  two-thirds 
D)  three-fourths 
A)  one-third 
B)  one-half 
C)  two-thirds 
D)  three-fourths

Question 8

Which of the following is true of how the U.S.government handles ensuring health care to the poor and the elderly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Medicare provides health care to the poor, and Medicaid provides health care to the elderly. 
B)  Medicare provides health care to the elderly, and Medicaid provides health care to the poor. 
C)  Medicare replaced Medicaid in order to provide health care to poor people as well as the elderly. 
D)  Medicaid replaced Medicare in order to provide health care to poor people as well as the elderly. 
A)  Medicare provides health care to the poor, and Medicaid provides health care to the elderly. 
B)  Medicare provides health care to the elderly, and Medicaid provides health care to the poor. 
C)  Medicare replaced Medicaid in order to provide health care to poor people as well as the elderly. 
D)  Medicaid replaced Medicare in order to provide health care to poor people as well as the elderly.

Question 9

In the United States,the private insurance industry pays most health care costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The United States produces a larger quantity of greenhouse gases per person than does any other nation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

How does the health care system in the United States compare to other democracies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States has a more expensive health care system than other democracies. 
B)  The United States has an entirely privatized health care system, while other democracies have entirely public health care systems. 
C)  The United States has a less expensive health care system than other democracies. 
D)  The United States has a very similar health care system to many other democracies. 
A)  The United States has a more expensive health care system than other democracies. 
B)  The United States has an entirely privatized health care system, while other democracies have entirely public health care systems. 
C)  The United States has a less expensive health care system than other democracies. 
D)  The United States has a very similar health care system to many other democracies.

Question 12

Which of the following is an argument in favor of having national health insurance in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patients would have more individual control over their health care. 
B)  All Americans would have access to health care. 
C)  A national insurance program would promote fair competition among private insurers. 
D)  A national insurance program would replace the unpopular Medicare and Medicaid programs. 
A)  Patients would have more individual control over their health care. 
B)  All Americans would have access to health care. 
C)  A national insurance program would promote fair competition among private insurers. 
D)  A national insurance program would replace the unpopular Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Question 13

A poor,85-year-old woman on a fixed income would have her long-term nursing home care covered by __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A poor,85-year-old woman on a fixed income...

Question 14

Nearly 25 percent of electricity generated in the United States is from renewable sources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Medicare is a program that provides health care for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the poor 
B)  retirees 
C)  the unemployed 
D)  anyone who lacks health insurance 
A)  the poor 
B)  retirees 
C)  the unemployed 
D)  anyone who lacks health insurance

Question 16

Explain why it is hard to control costs with a fee-for-service health insurance policy.

Accepted Answer

An ideal response will:
1.Describe a fee

Question 17

NIMBY usually applies to which of the following policy areas?

Accepted Answer

A)  health care for the poor 
B)  health care for the elderly 
C)  health care for children 
D)  the environment 
A)  health care for the poor 
B)  health care for the elderly 
C)  health care for children 
D)  the environment

Question 18

Federal regulation has significantly reduced the pollution in the nation's air and water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Americans have a shorter life expectancy than those in most of the other countries in the developed world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Why has nuclear power not been as prevalent as one might think given the potential that this energy source has to produce inexpensive electricity? What events have limited the expansion of nuclear power in the United States?

Accepted Answer

An ideal response will:
1.Discuss how co

The Affordable Care Act provides tax credits to help individuals and small businesses buy health insurance.

Which of the following is true of the Affordable Care Act?

What is the name for networks of health care providers that directly provide all or most of a person's health care for a yearly fee?

The Children's Health Insurance Program targets which of the following groups?

Why is domestic oil production important? What are the major challenges to maintaining or expanding domestic oil production?

In the United States,doctor visits per person have been increasing.

What proportion of Americans have private health insurance of some kind-either through an employer or purchased individually?

Which of the following is true of how the U.S.government handles ensuring health care to the poor and the elderly?

In the United States,the private insurance industry pays most health care costs.

The United States produces a larger quantity of greenhouse gases per person than does any other nation.

How does the health care system in the United States compare to other democracies?

Which of the following is an argument in favor of having national health insurance in the United States?

A poor,85-year-old woman on a fixed income would have her long-term nursing home care covered by __________.

Nearly 25 percent of electricity generated in the United States is from renewable sources.

Medicare is a program that provides health care for __________.

Explain why it is hard to control costs with a fee-for-service health insurance policy.

NIMBY usually applies to which of the following policy areas?

Federal regulation has significantly reduced the pollution in the nation's air and water.

Americans have a shorter life expectancy than those in most of the other countries in the developed world.

Why has nuclear power not been as prevalent as one might think given the potential that this energy source has to produce inexpensive electricity? What events have limited the expansion of nuclear power in the United States?

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Exam 17: Understanding Health Care, Environmental, and Energy Policy

The Affordable Care Act provides tax credits to help individuals and small businesses buy health insurance.

Which of the following is true of the Affordable Care Act?

What is the name for networks of health care providers that directly provide all or most of a person's health care for a yearly fee?

The Children's Health Insurance Program targets which of the following groups?

Why is domestic oil production important? What are the major challenges to maintaining or expanding domestic oil production?

In the United States,doctor visits per person have been increasing.

What proportion of Americans have private health insurance of some kind-either through an employer or purchased individually?

Which of the following is true of how the U.S.government handles ensuring health care to the poor and the elderly?

In the United States,the private insurance industry pays most health care costs.

The United States produces a larger quantity of greenhouse gases per person than does any other nation.

How does the health care system in the United States compare to other democracies?

Which of the following is an argument in favor of having national health insurance in the United States?

A poor,85-year-old woman on a fixed income would have her long-term nursing home care covered by __________.

Nearly 25 percent of electricity generated in the United States is from renewable sources.

Medicare is a program that provides health care for __________.

Explain why it is hard to control costs with a fee-for-service health insurance policy.

NIMBY usually applies to which of the following policy areas?

Federal regulation has significantly reduced the pollution in the nation's air and water.

Americans have a shorter life expectancy than those in most of the other countries in the developed world.

Why has nuclear power not been as prevalent as one might think given the potential that this energy source has to produce inexpensive electricity? What events have limited the expansion of nuclear power in the United States?

Introducing Government in America

The Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Civil Rights and Public Policy

Public Opinion and Political Action

The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Political Parties

Campaigns and Voting Behavior

Interest Groups

Congress

The Presidency

The Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending

The Federal Bureaucracy

The Federal Courts

Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking

National Security Policymaking

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