Exam 8: Health Care Policy

About 84 million Americans were ______ when the Affordable Care Act was passed into law.

Part ______ of Medicare covers physician charges, diagnostic tests, and other charges than hospital stays.

Which statement describes health-care spending over the past 20 years?

The ______ is primarily responsible for federal health science research.

In 2016, the number of uninsured Americans reached a high of ______.

In the United States, health care is viewed as something one has to earn, or a ______, rather than as a right to which all citizens are entitled.

Which statement is true regarding medical errors in the United States?

It could be said of U.S.health care that ______.

______ are tasked with countering the threat of infectious diseases or unsafe food and to support medical research.

Medicare ______ equates to up 10% of Medicare billings.

In the U.S.health-care system, insurance typically pays for each doctor's visit, test, and exam separately.This is called ______.

In the United States, what are the leading causes of death?

______ provide health care by forming networks of physicians, hospitals, and other health-care providers; they supposedly control costs by monitoring and regulating the care patients can receive.

The ______ helps to ensure that children living in poverty have medical coverage.

Which statement is true about the Obama health-care reform plan?

Describe two examples of state policy innovations in health care.What were the policies and what did they set out to achieve? Were they successful? What approach to health care did these policies take? Did they serve as examples for later federal policy?

In recent years, health-care spending has grown at what percent per year?

Some argue that a policy decision to invest in preventative care should be evaluated on the criterion of equity, since ______.

What do federal agents say is a major part of Medicare fraud?

The military's health care plan is known as ______.