Question

When Medicare was created in 1965, payment administration was assigned to Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities. Which form of delegated governance does this exemplify?

	a.	delegating to state and local governments who are charged with running publicly funded programs
	b.	delegating program management and service delivery to nonprofit organizations or trusted professionals such as physicians
	c.	delegating program governance to for-profit firms to introduce market competition
	d.	delegating choice to consumers who receive government subsidies to purchase services from social welfare marketplaces

The viewpoint that government regulations are instituted to help the public is called the ____.

	a.	public interest model
	b.	economic theory of regulation
	c.	life cycle theory
	d.	public choice theory

Which statement regarding the future of Medicare is true?

	a.	Raising the Medicare eligibility age controls health care spending.
	b.	Raising the Medicare eligibility age shifts costs.
	c.	Rising medical costs is particularly a problem of private insurers.
	d.	Rising medical costs is particularly a Medicare problem.

After the U.S. Supreme Court's 2012 decision regarding the Affordable Care Act, the Republican governors involved ____.

	a.	appealed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on grounds of unconstitutionality
	b.	continued to engage in front-stage cooperation and back-stage fighting
	c.	were immediately engaged in implementation
	d.	refused to accept infrastructure planning grants from the federal government

Answer 1

b. Delegating program management and service delivery to nonprofit organizations or trusted professionals such as physicians is the form of delegated governance does this exemplify. Whereas the remaining ones are not applicable in this context.

a. Public interest model is the term used for the viewpoint that government regulations are instituted to help the public. Whereas the remaining ones are not appropriate in this context.

b. Raising the Medicare eligibility age shifts costs is the statement regarding the future of Medicare is true. Whereas the remaining statements are not true in this context.

a. Appealed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on grounds of unconstitutionality is something that the Republican governors involved after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2012 decision regarding the Affordable Care Act. Whereas the remaining ones are not relevant in this context.

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