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HSA 3111 EXAM 1 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. The most significant health policy development of the past
decade, in terms of cost containment and quality improvement,
after the ACA is the - correct answer -Medicare Access and
CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)
2. IN the US, National Health Expenditures (NHEs) calculations
are used to represent a percentage of the - correct answer -
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
3. Enacted in 1965 as Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
Medicaid is most accurately described as - correct answer -a
joint federal state program supporting basic health services for
low income individuals and in which federal and state support
is shared based on states per capita income
4. The original intent of the Childrens Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) was to - correct answer -enroll 10 million uninsured
children in Medicaid whose family incomes were too high to
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qualify for Medicaid but too low to purchase private health
insurance
5. True/False? All Americans are eligible for Medicare at age 55 -
correct answer -False
6. Under the ACA, most Americans were originally required to
have health insurance or be penalized with an annual fee. This
requirement was known as the - correct answer -individual
mandate
7. Which of the following illustrates that an uninsured population
persists in the US? - correct answer -Cost prohibitive or lack of
affordable employer-sponsored insurance or other private
insurance options for some employees, a lack of Medicaid
expansion in some states, a lack of employer-sponsored
insurance coverage options for some employees
8. True/False? The global coronavirus pandemic has impacted
every aspect of the US healthcare system including healthcare
expenditures - correct answer -True
HSA 3111 EXAM 1 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. The most significant health policy development of the past
decade, in terms of cost containment and quality improvement,
after the ACA is the - correct answer -Medicare Access and
CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)
2. IN the US, National Health Expenditures (NHEs) calculations
are used to represent a percentage of the - correct answer -
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
3. Enacted in 1965 as Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
Medicaid is most accurately described as - correct answer -a
joint federal state program supporting basic health services for
low income individuals and in which federal and state support
is shared based on states per capita income
4. The original intent of the Childrens Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) was to - correct answer -enroll 10 million uninsured
children in Medicaid whose family incomes were too high to
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qualify for Medicaid but too low to purchase private health
insurance
5. True/False? All Americans are eligible for Medicare at age 55 -
correct answer -False
6. Under the ACA, most Americans were originally required to
have health insurance or be penalized with an annual fee. This
requirement was known as the - correct answer -individual
mandate
7. Which of the following illustrates that an uninsured population
persists in the US? - correct answer -Cost prohibitive or lack of
affordable employer-sponsored insurance or other private
insurance options for some employees, a lack of Medicaid
expansion in some states, a lack of employer-sponsored
insurance coverage options for some employees
8. True/False? The global coronavirus pandemic has impacted
every aspect of the US healthcare system including healthcare
expenditures - correct answer -True
