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Frictional unemployment - correct answer ✔Short-term, between jobs.
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Structural unemployment - correct answer ✔A mismatch between skills and job requirements; coal
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miners, typists, etc. aren't really needed anymore. Can promote further education.
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Cyclical unemployment - correct answer ✔Caused by a recession ("bad" type of unemployment).
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Job lock - correct answer ✔The unwillingness to move to a better job for fear of losing health
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insurance.



When is employer health insurance required? - correct answer ✔If there are at least 50 employees.
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COBRA coverage - correct answer ✔Up to 18 months for individuals, their spouses and dependents
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after leaving a job.
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Uninsured - correct answer ✔~ 9% = 28 million of the US population |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Point of service collection - correct answer ✔Money paid up front by patients. Not uncommon but
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incredibly unfair. ||||||




Level of aggregation - correct answer ✔The level at which you group things together.
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Fee-for-service (FFS) - correct answer ✔An insurance payment system where providers are paid for |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




each service, also called indemnity plan. Least aggregated.
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, Salary - correct answer ✔A fixed amount of money paid to an employee for each pay period. Most
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aggregated.



Payment per episode of illness - correct answer ✔Payment is a total of surgical and other fees for
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an illness or episode. Shifts financial risk from payer to provider. Physician DRG.
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Capitation - correct answer ✔Payment to a provider that covers each plan member's health care
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services for a certain period of time. Equals one monthly payment per patient.
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Per diem - correct answer ✔Payment per day.
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Aggregation - correct answer ✔As payments become more aggregated providers assume more risk.
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Theory of continuous improvement - correct answer ✔Not one bad apple, but a problem with the
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whole system. ||||||




Quality - correct answer ✔Safety both to patients and providers
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Efficacy should use evidence-based medicine
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Patient-centered meaning sensitive of needs, value, culture, etc., |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Timeliness meaning no long wait times |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Efficiency meaning waste as little as possible |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Equity or fairness (maybe universal care)
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Which of the following DID NOT help to prevent/reduce job-lock due to the growth of employer-
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sponsored insurance (ESI)? |||||| ||||||




A. The widespread transition from community rating to experience rating among insurance
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companies.

B. The creation of health insurance exchanges following the passing of the Affordable Care Act.
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C. The existence of COBRA coverage.
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