Exam 3 Study Guide

Preexisting condition
Universal medical coverage
Single payer
system
Mandated multi-plan coverage play-or-pay program
COBRA
HIPPA
Medicare
Entitlements
Rawls
Nozick
Justice
CHIP
8th Amendment to US constitution
Wallet biopsy
PPACA
Hemodialysis
renal failure
Belding Scribner
God Committee
Medical Advisory
Committee
Admissions Policy Committee
Renal Disease Amendment
ESRD
ARESLD
UNOS
Mickey Mantle
1984 National Organ Transplant Act
Truman Medical
Center
Original position
veil of ignorance
distributive justice
Scarcity of resources
Utilitarian
Egalitarian
Communitarian
Libertarian
EMTALA
Sample Questions
What are some disadvantages (five described by Pence) of employer based health
systems?
In the Pence reading, how many unnecessary deaths can be attributed to lack of
insurance each year?
What cases were described in the movie SICKO?
Which countries were compared in Sicko?
Where, documented in Sicko, did the U.S. rank when compared to other countries
healthcare systems?
When was Medicare created? by which president?
What is Medicare, who does it cover?
What did Medicare expand to cover in 2006?
What is Medicaid? How is it different from Medicare?
Who sets eligibility criteria for Medicaid?
What does Medicaid not cover?
What is CHIP, who is it designed for?
Total US expenditure on health per capita in 2010
Life expectancy at birth in US in 2010
Does the US constitution guarantee healthcare for its citizens?
Do Canadians prefer their system or that of the US? By what percentage?
What is the affordable care act? What does it do?
What condition did Melissa Matthews have? What did she do to get treatment?
Who was Windy Wilbur and Juanita Gonzalez?
In 2011, how many people are waiting for organs?
How many people are waiting for kidneys?
How many transplants in US each year?
How many from deceased how many from living donors?
What is the current annual cost of kidney dialysis?
What is the current annual cost for the first year of a kidney transplant/care?

Questions from Sicko and questions from the guest speakers will be included on the
exam.