Test bank for Health Policy
Perspective, Seventh Edition
bank
,1. ch01-001
What does Medicare Part C do?
a. Provides the aged with home health care
b. Provides the aged with prescription drugs
c. Enables low-income aged to participate in Medicaid
*d. Provides a voluntary managed care option for the aged
2. ch01-002
How is Medicaid administered?
*a. By each state
b. By the federal government
c. Jointly by each state and the federal government
d. By insurers under contract with the federal government
3. ch01-003
How is Medicaid financed?
a. It is financed entirely by the federal government.
b. It is financed entirely by the state.
c. States receive the same percentage of federal support.
*d. States with lower per capita incomes receive a greater percentage of federal support.
,4. ch01-004
The Affordable Care Act
a. did not make any changes to the Medicaid program.
*b. increased Medicaid eligibility.
c. reduced funding for Medicaid.
d. required adult Medicaid recipients to buy their insurance on health insurance exchanges.
5. ch01-005
Which of the following statements describes how the financing of US healthcare has changed over
time?
a. The federal government now finances 76 percent of total healthcare expenditures.
*b. Out-of-pocket payments represent less than 15 percent of total healthcare expenditures.
c. Expenditures for prescription and over-the-counter drugs are as great as hospital expenditures.
d. None of the above
6. ch01-006
In the past ten years, medical expenditures have risen more slowly primarily because of
a. the introduction of the Affordable Care Act.
b. stringent Medicare price controls on hospitals and physicians.
c. state regulation of health insurance premiums.
*d. a severe recession, greater number of uninsured people, and fewer employees with
employer-paid health insurance.
, 7. ch01-007
In coming years, medical expenditures are expected to rise at a faster rate because of
a. the growing economy.
b. increased demand as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
c. the development of new technology and expensive specialty drugs.
*d. All of the above
8. ch01-008
The growth in private health insurance was stimulated by
a. federal and state subsidies.
*b. higher per capita income and tax-exempt employer-paid health insurance.
c. the growth of private managed care organizations.
d. federal and state regulatory policies.
9. ch01-009
An effect of government regulating physician-fee increases to reduce rising Medicare physician
expenditures was that
a. physician participation rates in Medicare declined.
b. physician participation rates in Medicare increased.
c. access to care for Medicare patients declined.
Perspective, Seventh Edition
bank
,1. ch01-001
What does Medicare Part C do?
a. Provides the aged with home health care
b. Provides the aged with prescription drugs
c. Enables low-income aged to participate in Medicaid
*d. Provides a voluntary managed care option for the aged
2. ch01-002
How is Medicaid administered?
*a. By each state
b. By the federal government
c. Jointly by each state and the federal government
d. By insurers under contract with the federal government
3. ch01-003
How is Medicaid financed?
a. It is financed entirely by the federal government.
b. It is financed entirely by the state.
c. States receive the same percentage of federal support.
*d. States with lower per capita incomes receive a greater percentage of federal support.
,4. ch01-004
The Affordable Care Act
a. did not make any changes to the Medicaid program.
*b. increased Medicaid eligibility.
c. reduced funding for Medicaid.
d. required adult Medicaid recipients to buy their insurance on health insurance exchanges.
5. ch01-005
Which of the following statements describes how the financing of US healthcare has changed over
time?
a. The federal government now finances 76 percent of total healthcare expenditures.
*b. Out-of-pocket payments represent less than 15 percent of total healthcare expenditures.
c. Expenditures for prescription and over-the-counter drugs are as great as hospital expenditures.
d. None of the above
6. ch01-006
In the past ten years, medical expenditures have risen more slowly primarily because of
a. the introduction of the Affordable Care Act.
b. stringent Medicare price controls on hospitals and physicians.
c. state regulation of health insurance premiums.
*d. a severe recession, greater number of uninsured people, and fewer employees with
employer-paid health insurance.
, 7. ch01-007
In coming years, medical expenditures are expected to rise at a faster rate because of
a. the growing economy.
b. increased demand as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
c. the development of new technology and expensive specialty drugs.
*d. All of the above
8. ch01-008
The growth in private health insurance was stimulated by
a. federal and state subsidies.
*b. higher per capita income and tax-exempt employer-paid health insurance.
c. the growth of private managed care organizations.
d. federal and state regulatory policies.
9. ch01-009
An effect of government regulating physician-fee increases to reduce rising Medicare physician
expenditures was that
a. physician participation rates in Medicare declined.
b. physician participation rates in Medicare increased.
c. access to care for Medicare patients declined.
