Even before the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, more than ___ percent of all health care spending in the United States was by the federal government agencies of some sort.
What is 44%
100
Name two major components of the Affordable Care Act
What is Individual Mandate, Medicaid Expansion and coverage of persons with pre-existing conditions
100
The US has been considered a welfare state ____ because its expenditures on social policies are ____ compared with those of other industrialized nations
What is welfare state laggard
100
State two goals of energy policy for the U.S.
What is find the means to achieve energy independence and to control the level of fossil fuel consumption
100
There are ______ doctors per 100,000 persons in urban areas compared to _____ doctors per 100,000 persons in rural areas.
What is 221, 93 according to Peters. What does this refer to?
200
List two public medical programs
What is Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, Medical Care for Veterans, see page 262
200
Give a solid argument in defense of the Individual Mandate
What is - Answers Vary
200
Name two social insurance programs
What is Social Security, unemployment and workers' compensation
200
State a reason for decline and oil prices and who does it hurt?
What is overproduction and developing countries dependent on oil revenues
200
List two reasons why healthcare costs are so high
What is cost of medical procedures (MRIs, Catscans), hospital administration, Costs rising faster than CPI
300
Hawaii has public health care system that, along with private insurance, covers ____ % of the population
What is 100%
300
Name three states that expanded Medicaid
What is ?? See chart
300
The largest federal expenditure of any type is
What is Social Security
300
US consumes more than ____ percent of all the energy used in the world
What is 19%
300
The decade Medicare and Medicaid were created
What is the 1960s
400
This many Americans still don't have health insurance
What is 33 million (current number)-- Will also accept Peters' number of 50 million
400
State two reasons why states did not want to expand Medicaid
What is unfunded mandate down the road and ideological reasons
400
State two of the social changes that are responsible for teh growing number of social insurance recipients
What is Baby Boomers retiring, the passage of the American with Disabilities Act in 1991 made more people conscious of their right to disability benefits
400
Besides oil, the US produces this energy resource. Also name a controversial process for producing this resource.
What is natural gas and fracking
400
HMOs are this and were created because of this.. Explain
What is Answers vary
500
In the U.S. the infant mortality rate is ___ per 1,000 births for white persons and ___ for black persons.
In Afghanistan, it is this_____ per 1,000 births.
What is 4.9, 11.6 and 117.2
500
Explain the main argument in King v. Burwell (2015) and the outcome.
What is the debate about State Exchanges and Federal Government did not apply a strict, literal interpretation of the law but rather adhered to the spirit of the law
500
As of 2015, Social Security is paid on __________ of earnings and what does this mean?
What is $118, 500-- it is a flat tax
500
This is the most abundant natural resource in the U.S.
What is coal
500
Canada has this type of health care system. Name it and list two critiques of it
What is single-payer, increased taxes and less innovative