Role of Government
Medicare helps seniors over ___ years obtain healthcare for lower cost
65
What fraction of GDP is spent on healthcare?
1/5
When was the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act passed?
1986
What would happen if individual mandate was eliminated?
Insurance premiums will rise.
Name one thing Medicare does to help seniors.
- covers hospital fees or hospice care
- allows participants to voluntarily buy insurance for doctor fees
- pays for medication
How much does the government spend on health care?
$3.6 trillion+
What Supreme Court case upheld most of the mandates in the Affordable Care Act?
National Federation of Business v. Sebelius
If Trump stopped paying cost sharing reduction subsidies to insurers, they would be less motivated to stay in ___ and keep premiums ___.
ACA; low
What Presidents have prominently tried to reform healthcare? Name at least two.
Truman, Clinton, Obama
What fraction of all federal expenditures pays for health care?
1/4
The National Federation of Business v. Sebelius case allowed states to retain the right to what?
Deny expansion of Medicare
Many people would lose coverage if states permitted to...
...add work requirements to Medicaid.
What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
Medicare helps senior citizens and Medicaid helps the poor.
How much of the federal budget is spent on Medicaid?
$300 billion
What proposition made the use of medical marijuana legal in CA?
Proposition 215
Universal health care would provide people with what?
Medicare
What are some things the Affordable Care Act did for people?
- Kids can stay on their parent's insurance plan till 26
- Ends discrimination against patients with pre-existing conditions
- Rids of extra fees for preventive care measures like mammograms, flu shots, etc.
- Extends Medicaid coverage
- Large employers must provide insurance
- Mandate for everyone to have insurance
Name at least two factors of health care costs.
- Unnecessarily large medical facilities
- Health care providers lack competition and incentives
- Doctors practice defensive medicine to avoid malpractice suits
- Greater focus on advanced technology that only help a small group of people
What is the Controlled Substances Act of 1970?
Marijuana is classified as a schedule I drug and its possession or cultivation is a federal crime