Question 1

The infant mortality rate for African Americans is twice as high as the rate for whites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following helps to explain why the United States relies more heavily on expensive,high-tech medical treatments as compared to the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans spend more time in the hospital. 
B)  The United States has more advanced medical technology. 
C)  The United States has a single-payer health care system. 
D)  U.S. health care costs are paid from a mixture of sources, leaving no single source primarily responsibility for controlling health care costs. 
A)  Americans spend more time in the hospital. 
B)  The United States has more advanced medical technology. 
C)  The United States has a single-payer health care system. 
D)  U.S. health care costs are paid from a mixture of sources, leaving no single source primarily responsibility for controlling health care costs.

Question 3

How does life expectancy in the United States compare to other developed nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is lower. 
B)  It is about the same. 
C)  It is slightly higher. 
D)  It is much higher. 
A)  It is lower. 
B)  It is about the same. 
C)  It is slightly higher. 
D)  It is much higher.

Question 4

Which of the following is one of the reasons why universal health care was not adopted in the United States when it was first proposed more than 60 years ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberals wanted insurance provided by private companies only. 
B)  The American Medical Association opposed what it derided as "socialized medicine." 
C)  Congress was only interested in passing legislation that benefited them personally, and members of Congress already had health care. 
D)  Americans who lacked health insurance were afraid that private employers would no longer provide coverage. 
A)  Liberals wanted insurance provided by private companies only. 
B)  The American Medical Association opposed what it derided as "socialized medicine." 
C)  Congress was only interested in passing legislation that benefited them personally, and members of Congress already had health care. 
D)  Americans who lacked health insurance were afraid that private employers would no longer provide coverage.

Question 5

The cost of premiums for family coverage through employer-based insurance has increased by more than 150 percent since 2000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

One of the primary obstacles to balancing the federal budget is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  health care costs 
B)  environmental policies 
C)  education expenses 
D)  monetary policies 
A)  health care costs 
B)  environmental policies 
C)  education expenses 
D)  monetary policies

Question 7

In recent years,how has the government limited Medicare costs?

Accepted Answer

A)  raising the eligibility age 
B)  requiring patients to obtain a supplemental private plan 
C)  capping the total expenditures per patient 
D)  reducing the fees it pays to doctors and hospitals 
A)  raising the eligibility age 
B)  requiring patients to obtain a supplemental private plan 
C)  capping the total expenditures per patient 
D)  reducing the fees it pays to doctors and hospitals

Question 8

Who typically qualifies for Medicare?

Accepted Answer

A)  full-time workers 
B)  those 65 or older 
C)  the unemployed 
D)  the poor 
A)  full-time workers 
B)  those 65 or older 
C)  the unemployed 
D)  the poor

Question 9

The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act,but held that states could opt out of extending __________ coverage.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care...

Question 10

Which of the following is the largest federal independent regulatory agency?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Food and Drug Administration 
B)  the Central Intelligence Agency 
C)  the Environmental Protection Agency 
D)  the Internal Revenue Service 
A)  the Food and Drug Administration 
B)  the Central Intelligence Agency 
C)  the Environmental Protection Agency 
D)  the Internal Revenue Service

Question 11

Describe three ways that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)changes health insurance for those who already had it and three ways that it dealt with the uninsured.

Accepted Answer

An ideal response will:
1.Explain three

Question 12

Who was the first president to propose a national health insurance program to be run by the government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Franklin Roosevelt 
B)  Bill Clinton 
C)  Harry Truman 
D)  Barack Obama 
A)  Franklin Roosevelt 
B)  Bill Clinton 
C)  Harry Truman 
D)  Barack Obama

Question 13

What is the Superfund?

Accepted Answer

A)  a congressional fund to reduce carbon emissions 
B)  a congressional fund to study global warming 
C)  a congressional fund to improve air quality 
D)  a congressional fund to clean up hazardous waste sites 
A)  a congressional fund to reduce carbon emissions 
B)  a congressional fund to study global warming 
C)  a congressional fund to improve air quality 
D)  a congressional fund to clean up hazardous waste sites

Question 14

Advances in medicine have contributed to recent increases in health care costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is one reason that health care policy in the United States tends to favor the elderly?

Accepted Answer

A)  American political culture places a heavy emphasis on respecting your elders. 
B)  The AARP is a powerful lobby. 
C)  A majority of Congress is elderly. 
D)  The elderly have greater financial resources to use to influence public policy. 
A)  American political culture places a heavy emphasis on respecting your elders. 
B)  The AARP is a powerful lobby. 
C)  A majority of Congress is elderly. 
D)  The elderly have greater financial resources to use to influence public policy.

Question 16

Which of the following situations is most likely to create an incentive for doctors to provide unnecessary procedures?

Accepted Answer

A)  a fee-for-service health insurance policy 
B)  free market health care 
C)  a single-payer system 
D)  a health maintenance organization 
A)  a fee-for-service health insurance policy 
B)  free market health care 
C)  a single-payer system 
D)  a health maintenance organization

Question 17

Health care costs have risen rapidly in the past 50 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

How are the policy areas of health care,the environment,and energy similar?

Accepted Answer

An ideal response will:
1.Indicate that

Question 19

Young Americans are disproportionately high users of health care through __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Young Americans are disproportionately high users of...

Question 20

What is the most rapidly increasing component of the federal budget?

Accepted Answer

A)  Medicare 
B)  Medicaid 
C)  Social Security 
D)  climate change mitigation 
A)  Medicare 
B)  Medicaid 
C)  Social Security 
D)  climate change mitigation

The infant mortality rate for African Americans is twice as high as the rate for whites.

Which of the following helps to explain why the United States relies more heavily on expensive,high-tech medical treatments as compared to the United Kingdom?

How does life expectancy in the United States compare to other developed nations?

Which of the following is one of the reasons why universal health care was not adopted in the United States when it was first proposed more than 60 years ago?

The cost of premiums for family coverage through employer-based insurance has increased by more than 150 percent since 2000.

One of the primary obstacles to balancing the federal budget is __________.

In recent years,how has the government limited Medicare costs?

Who typically qualifies for Medicare?

The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act,but held that states could opt out of extending __________ coverage.

Which of the following is the largest federal independent regulatory agency?

Describe three ways that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)changes health insurance for those who already had it and three ways that it dealt with the uninsured.

Who was the first president to propose a national health insurance program to be run by the government?

What is the Superfund?

Advances in medicine have contributed to recent increases in health care costs.

What is one reason that health care policy in the United States tends to favor the elderly?

Which of the following situations is most likely to create an incentive for doctors to provide unnecessary procedures?

Health care costs have risen rapidly in the past 50 years.

How are the policy areas of health care,the environment,and energy similar?

Young Americans are disproportionately high users of health care through __________.

What is the most rapidly increasing component of the federal budget?

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

The infant mortality rate for African Americans is twice as high as the rate for whites.

Which of the following helps to explain why the United States relies more heavily on expensive,high-tech medical treatments as compared to the United Kingdom?

How does life expectancy in the United States compare to other developed nations?

Which of the following is one of the reasons why universal health care was not adopted in the United States when it was first proposed more than 60 years ago?

The cost of premiums for family coverage through employer-based insurance has increased by more than 150 percent since 2000.

One of the primary obstacles to balancing the federal budget is __________.

In recent years,how has the government limited Medicare costs?

Who typically qualifies for Medicare?

The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act,but held that states could opt out of extending __________ coverage.

Which of the following is the largest federal independent regulatory agency?

Describe three ways that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)changes health insurance for those who already had it and three ways that it dealt with the uninsured.

Who was the first president to propose a national health insurance program to be run by the government?

What is the Superfund?

Advances in medicine have contributed to recent increases in health care costs.

What is one reason that health care policy in the United States tends to favor the elderly?

Which of the following situations is most likely to create an incentive for doctors to provide unnecessary procedures?

Health care costs have risen rapidly in the past 50 years.

How are the policy areas of health care,the environment,and energy similar?

Young Americans are disproportionately high users of health care through __________.

What is the most rapidly increasing component of the federal budget?

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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