REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Which of the following is not one of the three ‘buckets’ of health care spending?
a.Rising health care costs for older Americans.
b. Transportation costs to the doctor.
c. Routine medical expenses for the young and middle-aged.
d. Big health problems requiring expensive treatments, such as cancer.
2. Catastrophic health insurance is designed to pay for which of the following?
a. Routine medical expenses.
b. The costs of end-of-life care.
c. Unexpected big health costs for conditions such as cancer or heart attacks.
d. Dental care.
3. The health care poverty problem refers to which of the following?
a. The inability of poor people to find a good doctor.
b. The difficulty of poor people paying for health insurance.
c. The cost of health care driving Americans into poverty.
4. The adverse selection problem refers to which of the following?
a. Insurance companies don’t like to insure sick people.
b. Doctors don’t like treating sick people.
c. Poor people have trouble getting good health insurance.
d. Sick people are more likely to buy catastrophic health insurance, forcing up premiums.
