Chapter 14 The Health Care System of the United States Exam Questions with Latest Update

In terms of access and outcomes... - ANSWER-US health care is less than effective US healthcare spending - ANSWER-more than any other country; 47million people w/out health insurance What is a large component of US health care system? - ANSWER-profit-making What accounts for the largest increase in healthcare costs in the US? - ANSWER-pharmaceutical products health care costs are covered by? - ANSWER-1. employers 2. individuals/families 3. government Who's the #1 payer of health costs? - ANSWER-federal government due to medicare and medicaid Who covers the most health care costs? - ANSWER-third party payers (insurance companies) Medicare - ANSWER-a federal insurance program that helps pay for medical care for people 65 and up, permanently disabled workers, their dependents, and people with end-stage renal disease how do recipients qualify for medicare? - ANSWER-income What are the costs of medicare? - ANSWER-there are no deductibles/co-pays What happened as a result of medicare? - ANSWER-a decrease in expenditures over the last 20+ years what is Part D? - ANSWER-when george w. bush/congress passed the prescription drug coverage for medicare in 2003 medicaid - ANSWER-a jointly-funded federal-state-local program designed to make healthcare more available to the poor medicaid eligibility - ANSWER-requirements vary from state to state but income based program