ACA

Question 1

estimated percentage of uninsured Americans intended to be covered by the ACA

Answer 1

40%

Question 2

Title 1: Quality, affordable healthcare for all americans

Answer 2

1/2 was intended to get coverage, allows pts to get coverage without preexisting conditions, children can stay on parents until 26
exhanges- web-based marketplaces where patients can shop and compare plans similarly to how travel websites how flights - AL uses federal exchange, BCBS and bright health- average premiums predicted to be lower in 2019

Question 3

when will the individual mandate be eliminated

Answer 3

2019

Question 4

average premiums are expected to be lower or higher in 2019

Answer 4

lower

Question 5

did AL opt to expand medicaid

Answer 5

no - chose not to be part of the plan to assist some of the people for whom the law was intended - fed would pay the most

Question 6

similarities and differences with ACA and Massachusetts law

Answer 6

similarities: private coverage, individual mandate, employer responsible, childeren can stay longer
differences: intense partisan antagonism; strong support, political uncertainty in ACA

Question 7

MTM

Answer 7

pharmacists leeway to do MTM, 5 days late to refill get targeted

Question 8

3 ways for non-adherence

Answer 8

forget to take meds, adverse effects, cost

Question 9

community-based care transitions programs

Answer 9

must show they can initiate care transition services 24 hours before discharge or conduct comprehensive drug therapy review and management - drug reconciliation and MTM

Question 10

medical home

Answer 10

pharmacists stated as a member of community that compromise medical home

Question 11

independence at home demonstraton

Answer 11

recieve at home drug therapy