Chapter 12
All people who are poor and uninsured qualify for Medicaid (T/F)
False
The Social Security Act in 1935 included health insurance for senior citizens (T/F)
False
Which of the following is NOT true about the Supplemental Security Income program?
SSI is a social insurance program
Both the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance (OASDI) program provide cash benefits to people with disabilities (T/F)
True
Deinstitutionalization resulted in a 75% decrease in the number of people in state mental health institutions from 1955 to 1980 (T/F)
True
The Affordable Care Act was established in 2010 (T/F)
True
The Medicaid program is funded through federal matching grants given to states (T/F)
True
The federal government became involved in the delivery of mental health services in 1946 through the National Mental Health Act (T/F)
True
The Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA):
allowed the continuation of group health insurance coverage after a person leaves his or her employment
Immunization services for children against preventable childhood diseases:
are offered free through Medicaid or public health clinics
Disability Insurance (DI)
coverage for people who must stop working because of a disability
The Health Insurance Parity Act ensured that
coverage for physical and mental health services are provided equally
Pandemic
epidemic occurring across a large geographical region
Insurance parity
equality of benefits offered for physical and mental health care insurance
Medicare
federal health care program, primarily for elderly people
Medicaid
federal health care program, primarily for low-income people
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 (CARE)
federal legislation authorizing federal funds to support health care services for people who have AIDS or are HIV-positive
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
federal legislation that mandates protection from discrimination for people with disabilities
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
federal program that provides cash assistance for any person who is aged, blind, or disabled and whose income falls below the poverty line
Community mental health centers
federally funded mental health centers
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)
group health care plan administrators that provide managed care services
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
group health care plan administrators that regulate the care given to each individual; provides managed care services
The Medicare program:
has multiple parts with the primary two parts: Part A - hospital insurance and Part B - supplementary medical insurance
Severe or serious mental illness (SMI)
having a diagnosable mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder that interferes with or limits one or more major life activities
National health insurance
health insurance coverage provided by the federal government for all people
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
health insurance program for low income children
AIDS is referred to as a pandemic because:
it occurs across a large geographic region
Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
law passed in 2014 in response to inadequate care at the VA; provides additional funding and allows the VA to contract with non-department facilities if care cannot be provided within the VA in a timely fashion.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA)
legislation that adjusted health care insurance policies to allow for coverage after a person leaves his or her employment
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA)
legislation that expanded Medicare coverage to pay for prescription drugs
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
legislation that made major changes to the public and private provision of health insurance, and includes provisions to expand insurance coverage, establish new ways to fund the program, and creates programs to reduce health care costs while improving care
Mental Health Insurance Parity Act
legislation that mandates all private insurance plans that cover 50 or more employees, to offer mental health or substance abuse treatment benefits at a parity level with other health care benefits available through the plan
The Medicaid program provides
long-term care coverage
Medigap
private insurance that pays for health services not covered by Medicare
Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
program that allows a person to continue group health insurance coverage for up to 18 months after leaving employment
Community Mental Health Center Act of 1963
provided federal funds for communities to build mental health centers to provide outpatient services
Managed care
system in which a person's medical care is controlled by the insurer
Which of the following about the Affordable Care Act is not true:
the ACA has received wide bipartisan political support
Deinstitutionalization
the movement of people out of mental health institutions and into the community
The Disability Insurance program:
was not part of the Social Security Act until 1956
