Week 13

Question 1

Part of the social insurance program, and is available to people who have been employed during their working life and have paid in during that time (health insurance for the elderly)

Answer 1

Medicare

Question 2

A public assistance program that is for people who are too poor to afford health care coverage on their own (health coverage for the poor)

Answer 2

Medicaid

Question 3

This program allows a person to keep his or her group health coverage for up to 18 months after leaving employment

Answer 3

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Question 4

An act that extends access to health insurance coverage and protects patient information

Answer 4

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Question 5

A federal-state program that provides health coverage for low-income children

Answer 5

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Question 6

This legislation provided federal funds for communities to build mental health centers to provide outpatient services

Answer 6

Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963

Question 7

In theory ____ promised freedom and community integration for people newly released from state hospitals; however, the reality was different. Inadequate resources and a lack of community mental health centers caused many people to be left with little or no care.

Answer 7

deinstitutionalization

Question 8

Ensuring that coverage for physical and mental health services are provided equally

Answer 8

insurance parity

Question 9

For all private insurance plans that cover 50 or more employees, if mental health or substance abuse treatment benefits are offered, they must be offered at a parity level with other health care benefits available through the plan

Answer 9

Mental Health Insurance Parity Act

Question 10

The term used for private insurance that pays for health services not covered by Medicare

Answer 10

Medigap

Question 11

Amended Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. This amendment codified options for private-sector health plans in Part C, and added prescription drug coverage through a new Part D

Answer 11

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)

Question 12

The foundation ensuring equality under the law for people with disabilities. Cash assistance is provided by two main programs: one for workers’ compensation and another for low-income persons

Answer 12

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 13

Title XVI of the Social Security Act (1972). Replaced the previous categorical federal/state programs of Old-Age Assistance and Aid to the Blind, which were original provisions of the 1935 act, and Aid to the Disabled, which had been added in 1956

Answer 13

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Question 14

Institutions that provide inpatient and outpatient care, emergency and day care services, and follow-up care for people released from mental health facilities

Answer 14

community mental health centers

Question 15

Usually defined as an illness that has a diagnosable mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder that meets the criteria outlined by the American Psychiatric Association and that interferes or limits one or more major life activities

Answer 15

severe or serious mental illness (SMI)

Question 16

A system in which a person’s medical care is controlled by the insurer. Usually provided through group plans and administered by for-profit and nonprofit organizations (HMOs & PPOs)

Answer 16

managed care

Question 17

The patient gets services directly from or through the ___, without leaving the network. This is often the lowest cost option for consumers

Answer 17

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

Question 18

Allows more patient choice, but the individual incurs more cost using the ___ providers

Answer 18

Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)

Question 19

An epidemic that is occurring across a large geographic region

Answer 19

pandemic

Question 20

This law authorizes federal funds to support health care services for people who have AIDS or are HIV-positive. Services include home and community-based care and provisions for early intervention, prevention, research, and education

Answer 20

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990

Question 21

overindulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance, especially alcohol or drugs

Answer 21

substance abuse

Question 22

A form of brain dementia that seriously impairs a person’s ability to carry out the activities of daily living. It is most prevalent among older people

Answer 22

Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

Question 23

This policy provided additional funding and provisions for the VA to contract with non-department facilities if care cannot be provided in a timely fashion

Answer 23

Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014