Medicare or Medicaid
Who Passed That
Vocabulary
Death by Committee
100

This healthcare covers citizens over the age of 65.

What is Medicare

100

This president passed the Affordable Care Act

Who is President Obama

100

the person named in an insurance policy to receive the benefits

What is a beneficiary

100

If the Senate does not accept the House's position (or vise versa) on a bill, it can be resolved through this type of committee

What is conference committee

200

This healthcare covers people with disabilities.

What is Medicaid and Medicare

200

This president passed CHIP, Children's Health Insurance Program.

Who is President Clinton

200

This is the amount of money due to pay for a percentage of the medical bill.

What is a coinsurance

200

Third in line to the presidency 

Who is speaker of the house

300

This healthcare pays for prescription drugs cost by the Doughnut Hole Method

What is Medicare, Medicare Part D

300

This president passed Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.

Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson

300

Organizations that manage, negotiate, and contract for health care with the goal of keeping costs down.

What is a Manage Care Organization (MCO)

300

Committee with Health Policy Jurisdiction

What is committee on finance, on health, education labor, and pension, on ways and means, on energy and commerce.  

400

This healthcare covers low-income families that make up to 138% of the federal poverty level

What is Medicaid expansion

400

This president passed the HMO Act

Who is President Nixon

400

the primary care physician needs to refer a patient to a specialist before that patient can make an appointment with the specialist, this is called a...

What is a referral

400

Following approval of a bill by the full committee, the bill and its reports are discharged from the committee. The House or Senate places it on the legislative calendar.

What is Floor action

500

This healthcare coverage pays for 8 million elderly patient's long term care.

What is Medicaid

500

This president passed Medicare Part D, prescription drug coverage for the elderly.

Who is President George W. Bush

500

A point at which problems, potential, solutions to them, and political circumstances converge to stimulate legislation development

What is a window of opportunity

500

Preparation date of the budget process for a fisical year. 

What is July 1st.