Federal Departments and Programs
This federal department oversees major public health programs and health-related services.
What is Health and Human Services (HHS)?
This federal health insurance program primarily serves adults age 65 and older.
What is Medicare?
This federal agency provides healthcare services to eligible members of federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes.
What is the Indian Health Service (IHS)?
This activity involves communicating directly with policymakers to influence legislation.
What is lobbying?
This problem occurs when healthcare spending and out-of-pocket expenses are substantial.
What are high healthcare costs?
This federal department provides healthcare and services to eligible veterans.
What is the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)?
This joint federal-state program covers eligible low-income populations and other qualifying groups.
What is Medicaid?
This state agency provides health programs and services for Native Hawaiians, including support for health and wellness initiatives.
What is the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health?
This organization represents physicians and advocates on medical practice and healthcare policy.
What is the American Medical Association (AMA)?
A patient has insurance but cannot afford transportation to a specialist. This is an example of what?
What is a barrier to healthcare access?
This federal department supports healthcare for eligible military personnel and families through programs including TRICARE.
What is the Department of Defense (DoD)?
This program provides coverage to eligible children.
What is CHIP?
This federal law established the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems to improve access to healthcare for Native Hawaiians.
What is the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act?
This organization advocates for cardiovascular health and supports related research.
What is the American Heart Association (AHA)?
These are differences in health outcomes or health status among populations.
What are health disparities?
This federal agency provides public health data, disease surveillance and guidance.
What are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
This program covers eligible active-duty and retired military personnel and their eligible family members.
What is TRICARE?
his Native Hawaiian nonprofit organization, established in 1991, provides culturally grounded healthcare services through community-based systems across Hawaiʻi.
What is the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health?
This organization represents pharmaceutical companies and advocates on drug development, pricing and access.
What is PhRMA?
This is the goal of giving everyone a fair opportunity to achieve their highest level of health.
What is health equity?
This federal agency funds and conducts biomedical research.
What are the National Institutes of Health (NIH)?
This type of health insurance is provided through a person's job.
What is employer-sponsored insurance?
Unlike federally recognized American Indian tribes, this Indigenous population has no federally recognized tribal government-to-government relationship with the United States
Who are the Native Hawaiians
These organizations work together to increase their influence on policy.
What are coalitions?
A patient cannot find a nearby provider or must wait months for an appointment. These are examples of what?
What are barriers to healthcare access?