Congressional Committees & Federal Agencies
This federal agency is the top funded and has the greatest involvement in healthcare
What is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)?
These components of the triangle signify the influence between each of the three parties to achieve mutually beneficial policy goals
What are the arrows?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enacted in this year
What is 2010?
Cuba's healthcare system can be described by this model
What is a socialized insurance model?
These countries generally have strong health infrastructures and positive healthcare outcomes
What are developed countries?
This is the largest division of HHS and publishes immunization schedules across the life cycle
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
This angle of the triangle represents the interests and concerns of the public
What are interest groups?
Dependent adults can stay on their parents' insurance until this age
What is 26?
This country created the first decentralized national health program, also called the Bismarck Model
What is Germany?
In developing countries, these remain the leading causes of death (much of which are preventable)
What are communicable diseases?
This program by the FDA allows for input about negative consequences of adverse drug events
What is MedWatch?
This method used by interest groups involves the direct influence of public officials and ultimately an influence on their decisions or legislation
What is lobbying?
This is one of the "essential health benefits" that all health plans must include under the ACA
What is.... (one of the following):
1. Ambulatory patient services
2. Emergency services
3. Hospitalization
4. Maternity and newborn care
5. Mental health and substance abuse disorder services, including behavioral health treatment
6. Prescription drugs
7. Rehab services and devices
8. Lab services
9. Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
10. Pediatric services, including oral and vision care
In Canada, the national health insurance program is known as this
What is Medicare?
According to the Commonwealth Fund report published in 2021, the United States performed best in this domain, ranking second of 11 developed countries?
What is care process?
Issues involving medical malpractice and product liability fall under the jurisdiction of what Congressional committees?
What are the House and Senate Judiciary Committees?
This angle of the triangle refers to the administration of federal agencies by nonelected individuals
What is the bureaucracy?
Under the ACA, insurance companies cannot deny coverage for people with these
What are pre-existing conditions?
This term refers to competing, not-for-profit, nongovernmental health insurance plans in Germany
What is sickness funds?
A strong inverse relationship exists between per capita income and this
What is infant mortality rate?
This is the number of major government healthcare programs in the United States
What is six?
(Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the Department of Defense TRICARE and TRICARE for Life programs (DOD TRICARE), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) program, and the Indian Health Service (IHS) program)
Interest groups provide this through political action committees (PACs) and donations to Congressional committee members in exchange for friendly legislation
What is electoral support?
This consequence for not having health insurance was removed in 2019
What is the individual mandate penalty?
This population of people are entitled to National Health Service (NHS) care in the United Kingdom
Who are citizens of the UK, those with a European Health insurance card, and visitors/undocumented immigrants who require emergency care or infectious disease treatment
A disproportionate share of limited public health spending in developing countries is allocated to this level of care
What is tertiary care?