Programs
What are Medicaid, CHIP & the ACA marketplaces?
Most common type of disability impairment for adults in the US
What is mobility impairment?
Measure reflecting a family’s contribution to the care of someone with special needs at home
What is informal caregiver burden?
Approximate size of the overall homeless population in the US
What is 580,000
Most common reason people do not get health insurance even after the ACA
What is they don't think it is affordable?
Federal legislation that generated far-reaching mandates to improve access for people with impairments
What was the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Olmstead decision?
Major health risks from the outside environment for individuals experiencing homelessness
What are hypothermia/frostbite and extreme heat?
Policy that provided stability and access to Medicaid services during the pandemic
What is the Public Health Emergency?
Proportion of undocumented immigrants who are uninsured (+/- 5%)
What is 42%?
Leading recommendation for "curing" homelessness
What is housing?
Federal agency oversees primary care, HIV/AIDS care, maternal & child health, rural health, and health workforce shortage areas
What is HRSA?
Term for the combination of substance abuse, serious medical condition, and mental illness
What is trimorbidity?
Type of eligibility that allows someone enrolling in another aid program (e.g., SNAP) to enroll in Medicaid/CHIP simultaneously
What is express lane eligibility?
Age range for the majority of uninsured, non-elderly in the US
What is young adults or 19-34 years?
Principal health care delivery approach among states for prison-incarcerated persons
What is contract-based?
Program that allows for patients to access low cost medications through safety net providers
What is the 340B program?
Most common conditions that occur among incarcerated populations
What are chronic diseases?
Type of eligibility that allows people to enroll in Medicaid/CHIP before their application is processed
What is presumptive eligibility?
Size of the gap in life expectancy for people who experience chronic homelessness
What is 30 years?
Type of health insurance that covers the majority of children with special needs
What is private (commercial) coverage?
Type of waiver, if approved by the federal government, that allows a state Medicaid program to implement a managed care contract
What is a Section 1915 Waiver?
Most common medical conditions tracked among incarcerated populations
What are infectious diseases?
Benefits that are considered essential for children but not included for adults under the ACA
What are oral & vision care?
Approximate number of non-citizens in the US
What is 22.1 million?
Number one reason people file for bankruptcy in the US
What is medical debt?