Exchange Planning Grants are intended to help states establish what?

• A. Health Exchanges/Marketplace for consumers to purchase health insurance
• B. Hospitals accreditation programs
• C. Medicare Advantage plans
• D. Public health surveillance systems

Answer: (A)

Exchange Planning Grants focus on helping states set up health insurance marketplaces where consumers can purchase private health insurance, compare plans, and enroll. These grants support the development of state-based or federally facilitated marketplaces, including the underlying IT systems, enrollment workflows, issuer coordination, and consumer education needed to make it easy for individuals and small businesses to find and obtain affordable coverage with any available premium subsidies.

Hospitals accreditation programs deal with quality and safety standards for providers, not with creating or running insurance shopping platforms. Medicare Advantage plans are private options within the Medicare program for eligible beneficiaries, not state marketplaces for general private insurance. Public health surveillance systems track health events and outcomes, which is a different domain from facilitating insurance enrollment.