HCM 2110 Final questions with complete solutions

HCM 2110 Final questions with complete
solutions


how many americans are without health insurance
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(access problem) - answer-50 million
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the fragmented system of payers and providers effects and causes problems with the
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v________ of health care - answer-quality v v v v v




americans spend on average _________ the amount spent by other citizens in other
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countries on healthcare - answer-twice
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the drastically rising costs of __________ and ___________ are the economic crisis -
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vanswer-medicare, medicaid v




percentage of spending on medicare and medicaid in reference to total federal spending
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- answer-medicare- 13%
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medicaid- 8% v




priorities of health reform - answer-covering the uninsured
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bending the cost curve v v v




when was the patient protection and affordable care act passed into law? - answer-2010
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PPACA _______ coverage of the uninsured and ______ consumers - answer-expands,
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protects
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PPACA funds future ________ of health care - answer-growth
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PPACA increases medicare or medicaid? - answer-medicaid
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health insurance market reforms extends coverage for dependent children to age ____ -
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answer-26
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health insurance market reforms eliminates _______ &_________ maximum benefit
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limits - answer-annual, lifetime
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health insurance market reforms eliminates waiting period for coverage of more than
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_____ days - answer-90
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, state level insurance exchanges offer guaranteed issue of insurance to anyone, not
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based on ______ _________ - answer-health status
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future direction of health care is governed by : - answer-current developments
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historical precedents v


cultural beliefs and values v v v




current situation of health care - answer-most americans reasonably satisfied with their
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coverage
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cultural beliefs and values are largely intact but at opposite ends
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cost of health care is a major concern
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trends in employment based insurance - answer-rise in premiums
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aging workforce means ongoing pressures on insurance cost
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employers unlikely to abandon health benefits v v v v v




trends in medicare - answer-medicare spending in 2015 expected to be double of that in
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v2005

trends in medicaid - answer-more than double between 2005 and 2015
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more state are expected to mandate enrollment in medicaid
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reforms that will be needed in medicare - answer-raise eligibility age
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additional means testing v v


cuts in reimbursement
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curtail benefits v




reforms in medicaid - answer-means test thresholds difficult to raise
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shifting costs to the beneficiaries will be impractical
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tax hikes will be the main solution
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management of challenges for managed care - answer-predict risk v v v v v v v v


greater emphasis on prevention v v v


population based efforts to improve health v v v v v




proposals for reform do not address problems with __________ - answer-access
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aspects of a single payer system reform - answer-Central agency (federal government)
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All Americans will be covered
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Medicare, Medicaid etc. will not be needed v v v v v v


Some private insurance
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Financing through increased taxes v v v


Prospective budgets for providers v v v


Supply-side rationing v