Cover Title: Essentials of the U.S. ealth Care System
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1:  What are some of the principal features of U.S. health policy?
A: fragmented, piecemeal policy
B: pluralistic
C: decentralized role of the state
D: all of the above

2:  Health Policy refers to public policy that pertains to or influences the pursuit of health
A: T
B: F

3:  What is the major concern of federal and state governments in regards to health care?
A: cost containment
B: access to care
C: lower out-of-pocket costs
D: both A and B

4:  What is the important decentralized role of the states?
A: financial support for the care and treatment of the poor and chronically disabled
B: lack of quality assurance and oversight of health care practitioners
C: give financial aid to only uninsured
D: give financial aid to children only

5:  Which of these choices does not belong to the five components important for formation and implementation of health policy?
A: issue raising
B: policy design
C: public support financing
D: public support building

6:  Special population groups such as veterans, Native Americans, and members of the armed forces have coverage provided directly by the federal government
A: T
B: F

7:  Regulatory Tools call on the government to
A: involve the direct provision of income and services to certain groups of individuals
B: call on the government to prescribe and control the behavior of a particular target group
C: involve the direct provision of patients in choosing a health plan
D: call on the community health centers to collect information about their patients

8:  What is the major concern of consumers regarding health care?
A: access to care
B: quality of care
C: cost containment
D: both A and B

9:  In 1965, the adoption of the Medicare and Medicaid legislation expanded the health sector by providing publicly subsidized health insurance to the upper and middle classes only
A: T
B: F

10:  The recently enacted State Children's Health Insurance Program allows
A: hospital administrators to use Medicare expansion to provide insurance coverage
B: states to use Medicaid expansion to extend insurance coverage to uninsured children who are qualified for existing Medicaid programs
C: states to use Medicaid expansion to extend insurance coverage to uninsured children who are not qualified for existing Medicaid programs
D: none

11:  The policy agenda of interest groups is typically reflective
A: of the interests of the vulnerable populations
B: of their own interests
C: of the interests of the government
D: none

12:  Employer-provided health insurance benefits grew rapidly in the middle decades of the 19th century
A: T
B: F

13:  American Association of Retired Persons advocates programs
A: for war veterans only
B: to expand financing for long-term care for the elderly's grandchildren
C: to expand financing for long-term care for the elderly
D: for grandchildren only

14:  The health policy concerns of American employers are shaped by
A: the degree to which employers are only concerned about receiving extra benefits from insurance companies for enrolling a great number of employees
B: the degree to which employers are involved in the provision of health insurance benefits for their employees
C: A and B
D: none of the above

15:  The government plays a subsidiary role to the private sector in the health care field
A: T
B: F

16:  The purpose of policy intervention is to
A: identify situations in which markets fail or do not function efficiently
B: identify situations where markets succeed and function efficiently
C: identify situations where health care expenditures have been rapidly declining
D: none of the above

17:  Healthy policy concerns regarding medical technology are driven by
A: the important role it plays in rising health costs
B: the health benefits provided to people
C: the utilization of medical technology to provide economic benefits aside from health benefits
D: all of the above

18:  Government spending for health care has been largely confined to filling the gaps in the private sector
A: T
B: F

19:  States can
A: license and regulate health care facilities
B: restrict marketing and price of health insurance
C: create federal health policies
D: A and B

20:  The greater control states have over health care policies
A: means that it is less difficult to develop a coordinated national strategy
B: means that it is more difficult to coordinate a national strategy
C: means that there will be better collaboration between states
D: A and C

21:  The Hill-Burton Hospital Construction Act was passed under
A: Truman
B: Nixon
C: Clinton
D: Ford

22:  Health policies in the United States have been incremental and piecemeal
A: T
B: F

23:  Federal support of HMOs occurred in
A: 1900's
B: 1970's
C: 1990's
D: 1940's

24:  The making of health policy in the United States is a
A: simplified process that involves only the private sector
B: complex process involving both private and public sectors
C: complex process involving private sector only
D: simplified process involving only the public sector

25:  States are vested with limited legal authority to regulate almost every facet of the health care system
A: T
B: F

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