CES Medicaid and CHIP Programs

Question 1

Which federal agency administers Medicaid and CHIP at the federal level?

Accepted Answer

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Answer

Department of Labor (DOL)

Answer

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Answer

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General

Question 2

Medicaid is jointly funded by which two entities?

Accepted Answer

Federal government and state governments

Answer

Federal government and counties

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State governments and local municipalities

Answer

Employers and state governments

Question 3

What is the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) primarily designed to cover?

Accepted Answer

Children in families with incomes too high for Medicaid but who cannot afford private insurance

Answer

Children of federal employees only

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All children under age 18 regardless of income

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Children with disabilities who qualify for SSI

Question 4

Under the ACA's Medicaid expansion, states that adopted expansion must cover adults up to what percentage of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)?

Accepted Answer

138%

Answer

100%

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200%

Answer

250%

Question 5

Which income-counting methodology replaced the older Medicaid income rules under the ACA?

Accepted Answer

Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)

Answer

Adjusted Net Income (ANI)

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Household Gross Income (HGI)

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Federal Poverty Percentage (FPP)

Question 6

States have the option to offer CHIP coverage to children through which general income threshold (as a maximum upper limit)?

Accepted Answer

Up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level

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Up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level

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Up to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level

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Up to 500% of the Federal Poverty Level

Question 7

What is the formal statutory name for CHIP, as established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997?

Accepted Answer

Title XXI of the Social Security Act

Answer

Title XIX of the Social Security Act

Answer

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act

Answer

Title XVI of the Social Security Act