Question 1

What health care program provides payment for medical benefits to certain low-income people, including the blind, the elderly, persons with disabilities, children, and adults with dependent children?

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A)  Medicaid
B)  Medicare
C)  HMOs
D)  PPOsE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

One special feature about health care services is that society regards them as

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A)  private goods.
B)  an entitlement.
C)  something to be rationed by price and ability to pay.
D)  normal goods.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Rising health care costs have contributed to slower growth in real wages of workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The demand for health care in industrially advanced economies is

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A)  highly elastic with respect to both price and income.
B)  highly inelastic with respect to both price and income.
C)  highly elastic with respect to income but highly inelastic with respect to price.
D)  about unit elasticity with respect to income and relatively inelastic with respect to price.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

The United States devotes about percent of its gross domestic product to health care (2014) .

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A)  5.2
B)  8.6
C)  15.3
D)  17.5E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

In the health care market,

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A)  demand has increased relative to supply.
B)  supply has increased relative to demand.
C)  neither demand nor supply has changed significantly in the past two decades.
D)  the concepts of demand and supply are irrelevant.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Which person would most likely be eligible to receive Medicaid?

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A)  a person who receives Medicare benefits
B)  a person who receives Social Security benefits
C)  a person who works in a government-operated hospital
D)  a person who qualifies for the Supplementary Security Income programE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following is not one of the ways the PPACA attempts to cover the poor?

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A)  requiring larger employers to provide insurance for all of their full-time employees
B)  providing health care directly to the poor through government-run clinics and hospitals
C)  subsidizing the purchase of health insurance for those who buy to comply with the personal mandate
D)  expanding Medicaid to cover anyone with an income less than 133 percent of the poverty levelE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

(Last Word)  Whole Foods Market's personal wellness accounts for employees

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A)  create significant moral hazard in the purchase of health care services.
B)  provide bonus payments for employees meeting certain health criteria and participating in company wellness activities.
C)  encourage employees to consider the opportunity costs of their medical spending.
D)  encourage employees to overspend for health care, as they view it as "free money."E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

By early 2016, after PPACA had been in effect for two years, one major problem that became apparent was that

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A)  many employers were limiting workers to only part-time work to avoid the expensive employer mandate.
B)  most states quickly set up their PPACA-related insurance exchanges without properly vetting applicants.
C)  insurance exchanges in many states were swamped with applicants, resulting in severe resource problems.
D)  the government had to close down many states' insurance exchanges due to abuses.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Health care costs have tended to rise more rapidly in the United States than in Canada because

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A)  state insurance regulators in the United States do not face the budget constraints that national regulators in Canada face.
B)  people in the United States want more health care than people in Canada.
C)  private insurance in the United States encourages overconsumption of health care; public insurance in Canada does not.
D)  Canada has better achieved economies of scale in the production of health care.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

(Last Word)  Indiana's health care plan for state employees

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A)  has reduced total spending on health care, but at the cost of employees forgoing important preventative care procedures.
B)  has reduced total spending on health care without people forgoing important preventative care procedures.
C)  has increased total spending on health care, but with the benefit of increasing the overall health of state workers, who now take greater advantage of preventative care procedures.
D)  has reduced health care spending for those who participate in the plan, but only a small (less than 10 percent)  percentage of state employees actually use the system.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 13

As a percentage of GDP, U.S.health care spending is

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A)  higher than that for Germany and Japan but lower than that of the United Kingdom and Sweden.
B)  higher than for any other major industrial country.
C)  lower than that for Canada.
D)  nearly identical to that of the other major industrial nations.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Medicare and Medicaid set their payment rates for medical services above marginal cost, but below average total cost.The rationale for doing this includes the following, except

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A)  saving taxpayers money.
B)  inducing health care providers to serve Medicare and Medicaid patients.
C)  making hospitals and other providers become more profitable.
D)  putting downward pressure on health care costs.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Compared to younger people, those who are 65 and older tend to consume roughly

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A)  twice as much health care.
B)  about the same amount of health care.
C)  three-and-a-half times as much health care.
D)  10 percent less health care.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

The health care market is characterized by

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A)  extensive negative externalities.
B)  significant positive externalities.
C)  perfect knowledge by both buyers and sellers.
D)  a perfectly inelastic demand.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Approximately how many workers are employed in the U.S.health care industry?

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A)  650,000
B)  902,000
C)  17 million
D)  12 millionE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Proponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)  had one major goal, which is

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A)  to expand the range of illnesses covered by insurance.
B)  to nationalize health care in the country.
C)  to extend health insurance coverage to all Americans.
D)  to set prices for all health care procedures and services.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following persons is most likely to be insured for health care?

Accepted Answer

A)  a minimum-wage teenager working for a fast-food restaurant
B)  a skilled worker employed by a large multinational corporation
C)  an unemployed retail clerk
D)  a part-time groundskeeper for a small manufacturing plantE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following is a demand factor in the market for health care?

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A)  the number of nurses graduating from universities
B)  productivity in the health care industry
C)  changes in medical technology
D)  physicians' treatment decisionsE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 24: Health Care

Rising health care costs have contributed to slower growth in real wages of workers.

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As a percentage of GDP, U.S.health care spending is

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Approximately how many workers are employed in the U.S.health care industry?

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One special feature about health care services is that society regards them as

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Which of the following is not one of the ways the PPACA attempts to cover the poor?

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The United States devotes about percent of its gross domestic product to health care (2014) .

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Health care costs have tended to rise more rapidly in the United States than in Canada because

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In the health care market,

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Compared to younger people, those who are 65 and older tend to consume roughly

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The demand for health care in industrially advanced economies is

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Which person would most likely be eligible to receive Medicaid?

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(Last Word) Indiana's health care plan for state employees

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(Last Word) Whole Foods Market's personal wellness accounts for employees

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The health care market is characterized by

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Proponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) had one major goal, which is

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What health care program provides payment for medical benefits to certain low-income people, including the blind, the elderly, persons with disabilities, children, and adults with dependent children?

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By early 2016, after PPACA had been in effect for two years, one major problem that became apparent was that

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Medicare and Medicaid set their payment rates for medical services above marginal cost, but below average total cost.The rationale for doing this includes the following, except

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Which of the following is a demand factor in the market for health care?

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Which of the following persons is most likely to be insured for health care?

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