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What is the primary reason that a segment of the U.S. population is
uninsured?
a. Medicare and Medicaid are the only public insurance programs
b. The U.S. has a voluntary system of health insurance
c. The poor cannot afford health insurance
d. U.S. health insurance is dominated by managed care - ANSWER
✔✔The U.S. has a voluntary system of health insurance
What is the central role of health services financing in the United States?
,a. Fund health insurance
b. Underwrite medical risk
c. Support managed care
d. Balance the supply of health care professionals - ANSWER
✔✔Fund health insurance
What is the primary mechanism that enables people to obtain health
care services?
a. Availability of services
b. Health insurance
c. Payment for services
d. Control of expenditures - ANSWER ✔✔Health insurance
In national health care systems, total expenditures are controlled mainly
through
cost shifting
underwriting
supply-side rationing
demand-side rationing - ANSWER ✔✔supply-side rationing
In a general sense, what is the primary purpose of insurance?
, a. Predicting risk
b. Risk assessment
c. Protection against risk
d. Underwriting - ANSWER ✔✔Protection against risk
What is the primary function of insurance?
a. Pay claims on behalf of the insured
b. Underwrite policies
c. Provide comprehensive coverage
d. Protection against catastrophic risk - ANSWER ✔✔. Protection
against catastrophic risk
What is the main advantage of group insurance?
a. More people can obtain insurance from a single insurer
b. Risk is spread out among a large number of insured
c. More comprehensive services can be covered than under an
individual plan
d. The employer has to deal with only one insurance company -
ANSWER ✔✔Risk is spread out among a large number of insured
The majority of beneficiaries receiving health care through Medicare are
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