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Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the ways that access to health care has been expanded?

Answer 1

B) Including preexisting medical conditions on persons older than 75 years of age

Question 2

Which of the following requirements ensured the same benefits for all Americans regardless of the source of insurance coverage?

Answer 2

A) Essential Health Benefits

Question 3

Which of the following was not an issue when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was launched?

Answer 3

D) Preventative services were not available to those who were previously diagnosed with cancer and high blood pressure.

Question 4

When instituted, the ACA stipulated that the federal government fund 100% of the cost of Medicaid expansion for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016, with a gradual decrease in funding to what percentage in 2020 and thereafter?

Answer 4

D) 90%

Question 5

What is the purpose of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation?

Answer 5

A) Control costs while improving the quality of health care

Question 6

Which of the following is the indicator of healthcare cost that is described as charity care?

Answer 6

B) Uncompensated care

Question 7

True or False? Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are fee-for-service organizations that agree to participate in the Shared Savings Program for at least 3 years.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

True or False? The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program used penalties such as fines for hospitals to avoid readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

True or False? As of August 2020, Medicaid expansion had been implemented in 38 states, including Washington, D.C.; two additional states considering expanding Medicaid; and 12 states that were not expected to expand Medicaid.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False? The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the individual mandate for everyone to have health insurance coverage.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

Three goals of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 were to decrease the number of uninsured, increase the quality and efficiency of health care, and slow the rising costs of health care.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

Who monitors insurance enrollment numbers and federal dollars spent for health care?

Answer 12

C) Federal government

Question 13

The Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama, addressed access to health care for more Americans and helped control healthcare costs, while improving the quality of healthcare delivery.

Answer 13

true

Question 14

In 2010, which of the following could no longer be used to exclude an applicant from obtaining health insurance?

Answer 14

D) Pre-existing medical conditions

Question 15

After implementation of the ACA, the Federal government became the primary source of health insurance.

Answer 15

false

Question 16

States had the option to establish their own State-Based Marketplace (SBM), default to a Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM), or operate in partnership with the federal government (FFM-P).

Answer 16

true

Question 17

Beginning in 2014, all American citizens and permanent residents were required to have minimum essential coverage or pay a fine.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Which of the following became a controversial issue associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and women’s preventive health services?

Answer 18

B) Insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives

Question 19

As a result of the ACA, the majority of the newly insured were Latinos as well as low- and middle-income adults who lived in states that expanded Medicaid.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

By 2017, what was a key contributor to lowering National Health Expenditure?

Answer 20

D) Reduced uncompensated hospital admissions