Foundations of Health Care
U.S. health care is not one big system but instead what?
A mix of different systems
In the colonial period, most sick people were cared for where?
at home
Most working Americans get health insurance from where?
What does ACA stand for?
Affordable Care Act
Which country uses the NHS (National Health Service) for free health care?
United Kingdom
What is 1 thing that has shaped U.S. health care the most? (4 possible answers)
Culture, politics, economics, technology
Which place housed poor and homeless people in the preindustrial era?
Almshouse
Medicare helps mainly which group of people?
People 65 and older
The ACA says insurance companies cannot deny people because of what?
Pre-existing conditions
Which country makes people save money in Medisave accounts for health care?
Singapore
What are the 3 main goals of a good health system. List one of them.
Access, cost, quality
Name one medical breakthrough from the late 1800s–1900s that made care safer.
Anesthesia, germ theory, or x-rays
Medicaid helps mainly which group?
Low-income people
What program did the ACA expand to help more low-income people?
Medicaid
Which country keeps costs low by controlling medical prices?
Japan
What happens when health care has no single standard—causing extra paperwork, repeated tests, and wasted money?
Duplication/Overlap
What early insurance plan for teachers later became Blue Cross?
The Baylor Plan
What does CHIP provide insurance for?
Children in low-income families
What part of the ACA repealed in 2017?
The individual mandate (not mandatory to buy health insurance)
What does it mean when patients travel to another country for cheaper or special care?
Medical Tourism
Which American value explains why people resist government-run health care?
Independence/distrust of government
In the 1800s, hospitals were places people wanted to go.
False (they were a last resort)
What is it called when an insurance company pays a doctor for the care they provide?
Reimbursement
Which U.S. president signed the ACA into law?
Barack Obama
Treating patients across borders using technology is called what?
Telemedicine