Correct Answers
1. What does MMSEA stand for? - correct answers 1. Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension
Act.
2. What does SCHIP stand for? - correct answers 2. State Children's Health Insurance Program.
3. When was Medicare enacted? - correct answers 3. 1965. Social Security Act.
4. The Social Security Administration ran Medicare until 1977 when what was created? - correct
answers 4. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
5. Medicare is a __________ program whereas Medicaid is a __________ program. - correct
answers 5. Federal, State
6. List the ways individuals are eligible for Medicare - correct answers 6. a. 65 years and worked 40
quarters (10 years) and paid FICA tax
b. 65 years and had a spouse who worked 40 quarters (10 years) and paid FICA tax
c. disabled U.S. citizen who worked 40 quarters (10 years) and paid FICA tax who meets the SSA's
definition of disability and has received social security for at least 24 months
d. people with ESRD (end stage renal disease)
7. What years was MMSEA passed? - correct answers 7. 2007