Question: As compared with the citizens of other OECD countries, how many more Americans are obese?
Answer Options:
a. 50% more
b. 100% more
c. Two times more
d. Three times more
Answer: c. Two times more
Question: The #1 preventable Cause of Death in the US is
Answer Options:
a. Smoking
b. Substance abuse
c. Gun violence
d. a sedentary lifestyle
Answer: a. Smoking
Question: The Cochrane Group
Answer Options:
a. provides systematic literature reviews on key health issues
b. is an NGO that is solely committed to cutting health care overutilization
c. provides opinions to the public on drug abuse and smoking cessation
d. is a group of fascists
Answer: a. provides systematic literature reviews on key health issues
Question: The key reasons the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) was initiated by CMS was to encourage physician cooperation with quality and cost-cutting initiatives in Medicare.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following statements about private health foundations is not true?
Answer Options:
a. They conduct health policy research.
b. They often advance health policy through funding research.
c. They can make policy.
d. The Pew Charitable Trusts is an example of a private health foundation.
Answer: c. They can make policy.
Question: “Tabling legislation” is defined as
Answer Options:
a. a change or an addition to a current law or piece of legislation.
b. the process by which implementation agencies set detailed rules and regulations for the application of laws.
c. an action undertaken by Congress to postpone consideration of legislation.
d. when the President receives a bill passed by Congress and allows it to lapse at the end of a legislative session.
Answer: c. an action undertaken by Congress to postpone consideration of legislation.
Question: During the pandemic, all COVID health policies came from the CDC and NIH because of the severity of the health emergency.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plays a significant role in health policy implementation.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)
Answer Options:
a. Made Conor McGregor famous.
b. Established a federal drug formulary.
c. Established an entitlement benefit for prescription drugs to Medicare patients.
d. Was an inexpensive “add-on” to Medicare.
Answer: c. Established an entitlement benefit for prescription drugs to Medicare patients.
Question: Which of the following statements is not true about health policymaking in the United States?
Answer Options:
a. The approach to health policymaking at the federal level is predictable and systematic.
b. The majority of public health policy is formulated at the state and local level.
c. Health policy changes tend to be incremental.
d. Health legislation is more likely to be passed when both congressional chambers are controlled by the same party.
Answer: a. The approach to health policymaking at the federal level is predictable and systematic.
Question: Once a law is passed, implementation falls to
Answer Options:
a. The Judicial branch
b. The Legislative branch
c. The Executive branch
Answer: c. The Executive branch
Question: Physicians are licensed to practice medicine by
Answer Options:
a. the federal government (DHHS)
b. individual state medical boards
c. some doctors are licensed by the federal government (DHHS) and some by the individual state medical boards
Answer: b. individual state medical boards
Question: The most significant healthcare legislation to be passed in this century is the CHIP Act.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Most significant healthcare legislation has been passed when one political party controls both houses of Congress.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The RAND Corporation provided a research study referenced by Dr. Bost that showed
Answer Options:
a. having patients provide copays decreased utilization of health care services
b. cancer cures are on the rise
c. poverty is not a significant Determinant of Health
Answer: a. having patients provide copays decreased utilization of health care services
Question: Powerful special interest groups/NGOs who seek to influence health policy include all of the following except:
Answer Options:
a. AARP
b. AMA
c. DHHS
Answer: c. DHHS
Question: The US ranks third worst among OECD countries for deaths due to drug abuse.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following does not belong to the average state’s executive branch?
Answer Options:
a. the Governor
b. the Attorney General
c. the House of Representatives
d. The Secretary of State
Answer: c. the House of Representatives