MHA 707 Exam D Questions and Correct Answers 100%

CORRECT ANSWER-Access to health care for members of the military and their families, as well as veterans, had become a public sector initiative since 181 1 Federal government continued to build a military health care system Military system continued to grow and develop during the 20th century - CORRECT ANSWER-Clinton's proposed Health Security Act had five primary features: -Guaranteed private insurance for everyone -Choice of physician and health plan -Elimination of unfair insurance practices -Preservation of Medicare -Health benefits guaranteed through the work site [except for unemployed] - CORRECT ANSWER-Deliberation about reform occurred in context of change: -Some form of managed care was already the reality for an increasing number of Americans—providers and patients alike. -Many changes that concerned providers the most, including being forced into some form of organized practice and seeing significant declines in their incomes, were happening whether or not the Health Security Act or any of the other proposals then on the table were to be enacted. - CORRECT ANSWER-Factors in its defeat included: -Most medical, hospital, and insurance industry groups against it for reasons ranging from an antagonism to "government regulation" to a concern with potential [significant] limitations on profit-making -Many concerned that the limitations imposed on care would lead to "rationing" - care not approved by the HSA would be illegal to obtain -Single-payer advocates felt it did not go far enough and left too many "big health" players in place -Business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposed it -No comprehensive marketing strategy - CORRECT ANSWER-For most businesses, large and small, participation would have been mandatory