PHC 4101 QUIZ 5 with 100% complete
solutions
Why is medical treatment of communicable diseases particularly important? - correct answer
✔✔because of the possibility that one sick individual could infect many others
What is the Highway Safety Act of 1966? - correct answer ✔✔the federal government began to
pressure states and localities to develop procedures for proving quick access to emergency care
What are somethings that have been established following the act of 1966? - correct answer
✔✔911 phone-response networks, trained emergency medical technicians, dispatched
ambulances using a centralized system, regulation of the availability of hospital emergency
rooms, identified trauma centers, and provided evacuation helicopters in rural areas
Are there state and federal laws that require emergency rooms to provide treatment to any
patient that arrives with a life-threatening condition until he/she is stabilized, regardless of pay?
- correct answer ✔✔yes
Who are the two groups that have a general right to medical care? - correct answer
✔✔veterans and prisoners
When did health insurance provided by employers mostly begin? - correct answer ✔✔World
War II-- workers and their families could receive care without having to worry about the cost
and employers did not object bc the price was modest at first
What are community health centers? - correct answer ✔✔supported by federal grants and
payments by private and public health insurance, is another source of basic medical care for the
poor. Specifically provide primary and preventative care to those who cannot afford it
, Which country established the first national system of insurance? - correct answer
✔✔Germany-- compulsory sickness insurance in 1883
Which country established a national health insurance plan in the 1970s? - correct answer
✔✔Canada
When did the US first try to establish a national health program? - correct answer ✔✔BEFORE
WWI but it was derailed by the war
Who were the presidents who tried to establish national healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔FDR-
health insurance was not apart of the social security act
Harry Truman- proposed a single health insurance system that would apply to everyone but this
failed (seen as "Socialized" health care)
Lyndon Johnson- Medicare and Medicaid were passed in 1965
Nixon- tried to expand these programs to everyone but his efforts were derailed by the
watergate scandal
Clinton- CHIP (children's health insurance program) coverage to children in families that earn
too much to qualify for Medicaid, up to 200% of the federal poverty level
Obama- Affordable Care Act
What is medicare? - correct answer ✔✔a mandatory insurance program for people over the age
of 65 as part of the social security system. Younger people who are entitled to social security
because of disability are also eligible.
What is medicaid? - correct answer ✔✔a welfare program for the poor, with costs shared by the
federal government and the states. Eligibility is determined by income and varies from one state
to another
What is the assurance function of public health? - correct answer ✔✔ensure communities
receive the services and benefits by enforcing regulations and providing services
solutions
Why is medical treatment of communicable diseases particularly important? - correct answer
✔✔because of the possibility that one sick individual could infect many others
What is the Highway Safety Act of 1966? - correct answer ✔✔the federal government began to
pressure states and localities to develop procedures for proving quick access to emergency care
What are somethings that have been established following the act of 1966? - correct answer
✔✔911 phone-response networks, trained emergency medical technicians, dispatched
ambulances using a centralized system, regulation of the availability of hospital emergency
rooms, identified trauma centers, and provided evacuation helicopters in rural areas
Are there state and federal laws that require emergency rooms to provide treatment to any
patient that arrives with a life-threatening condition until he/she is stabilized, regardless of pay?
- correct answer ✔✔yes
Who are the two groups that have a general right to medical care? - correct answer
✔✔veterans and prisoners
When did health insurance provided by employers mostly begin? - correct answer ✔✔World
War II-- workers and their families could receive care without having to worry about the cost
and employers did not object bc the price was modest at first
What are community health centers? - correct answer ✔✔supported by federal grants and
payments by private and public health insurance, is another source of basic medical care for the
poor. Specifically provide primary and preventative care to those who cannot afford it
, Which country established the first national system of insurance? - correct answer
✔✔Germany-- compulsory sickness insurance in 1883
Which country established a national health insurance plan in the 1970s? - correct answer
✔✔Canada
When did the US first try to establish a national health program? - correct answer ✔✔BEFORE
WWI but it was derailed by the war
Who were the presidents who tried to establish national healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔FDR-
health insurance was not apart of the social security act
Harry Truman- proposed a single health insurance system that would apply to everyone but this
failed (seen as "Socialized" health care)
Lyndon Johnson- Medicare and Medicaid were passed in 1965
Nixon- tried to expand these programs to everyone but his efforts were derailed by the
watergate scandal
Clinton- CHIP (children's health insurance program) coverage to children in families that earn
too much to qualify for Medicaid, up to 200% of the federal poverty level
Obama- Affordable Care Act
What is medicare? - correct answer ✔✔a mandatory insurance program for people over the age
of 65 as part of the social security system. Younger people who are entitled to social security
because of disability are also eligible.
What is medicaid? - correct answer ✔✔a welfare program for the poor, with costs shared by the
federal government and the states. Eligibility is determined by income and varies from one state
to another
What is the assurance function of public health? - correct answer ✔✔ensure communities
receive the services and benefits by enforcing regulations and providing services
