SWK Policy: Chap 10

A single payer health insurance plan is the same as socialized medicine.

False

Both Medicare and Medicaid were part of the original 1935 Social Security Act.

False

Despite its cost, the State Children's Health Program (SCHIP) has had a minimal impact on reducing the number of uninsured children.

False

The Community Mental Health System in the U.S. failed primarily because

It was never funded adequately.

Medicare covers all of the following services except

Long-term care

A primary difference between Medicare and Medicaid is

Medicaid is means-tested.

All of the following statements about Medicaid are true except

Medicaid provides more generous benefits than Medicare

Medicare is currently financed through a combination of

Payroll taxes, employer contributions, recipients' premiums, and general tax revenues.

During much of the 20th century, a major obstacle to health care reform was the opposition of

The American Medical Association.

The overriding issue driving the reform of Medicare is

The increasing costs of health care for the elderly.

A primary cause of high health care costs in the U.S. is the use of a fee-for-service model.

True

African Americans have lower infant mortality rates than other Americans because of the widespread use of kinship care.

True

Despite the widespread use of employer-sponsored health insurance, over 20% of working adults in the U.S. lack health insurance.

True

Private health care insurance did not exist in the U.S. until the establishment of Blue Cross/Blue Shield in the 1930s.

True

The 1996 welfare reform made it more difficult for immigrants to qualify for Medicaid.

True

The U.S. is ranked 51st for infant mortality and life expectancy on standard indicators of health.

True

The absence of an effective community mental health system was a major cause of the increase in the number of homeless persons.

True

Health policy in the U.S. has been shaped by

a persistent focus on individual responsibility for health and not the environment; religious ideas about the causes of health and illness; a belief that health and moral character were connected;

Health disparities among racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. exist because of all the following reasons except

genetic differences

Most Americans who have health insurance

get it through employer-based programs

All of the following statements are true except

the U.S. leads the world in standard indicators of health

The primary reason why millions of Americans lack health insurance is

the cost of insurance is too high

The reasons health care costs in the U.S. are so high include

the cost of prescription drugs; the high number of uninsured persons; the delivery of health care through the price system

Feasible options for health care reform include all of the following except

the elimination of all private health insurance plans

Efforts to control health care costs have included all of the following except:

the separation of health care delivery from market forces