Question 1

Geyman believes that the Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by doing what?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by restraining healthcare spending. 
B)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by making insurance genuinely affordable. 
C)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by improving the quality of care. 
D)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by reducing the ranks of the uninsured. 
A)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by restraining healthcare spending. 
B)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by making insurance genuinely affordable. 
C)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by improving the quality of care. 
D)  The Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by reducing the ranks of the uninsured. D

Question 2

The costs of medical care are high in the United States because of

Accepted Answer

A)  drug costs. 
B)  the lack of price negotiations. 
C)  advances in costly technology. 
D)  all of these choices. 
A)  drug costs. 
B)  the lack of price negotiations. 
C)  advances in costly technology. 
D)  all of these choices. D

Question 3

The Affordable Care Act has established

Accepted Answer

A)  pandemic insurability. 
B)  universal insurability. 
C)  selective insurability. 
D)  regressive insurability. 
A)  pandemic insurability. 
B)  universal insurability. 
C)  selective insurability. 
D)  regressive insurability. B

Question 4

Which of the following types of rights always entails a duty on the part of someone else?

Accepted Answer

A)  a claim-right 
B)  a health care right 
C)  a statutory right 
D)  a moral right 
A)  a claim-right 
B)  a health care right 
C)  a statutory right 
D)  a moral right

Question 5

Which of the following is true of Kai Nielsen's view?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believes everyone should receive the same quality of health care irrespective of the ability to pay. 
B)  He believes health care should be taken out of the private sector. 
C)  He favors removing the profit motives for being a doctor. 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  He believes everyone should receive the same quality of health care irrespective of the ability to pay. 
B)  He believes health care should be taken out of the private sector. 
C)  He favors removing the profit motives for being a doctor. 
D)  All of these choices

Question 6

According to Avik Roy, single-payer government insurance programs

Accepted Answer

A)  are financially unsustainable. 
B)  amount to immoral infringements on economic liberty. 
C)  are financially unsustainable and amount to immoral infringements on economic liberty. 
D)  amount to market-oriented policies. 
A)  are financially unsustainable. 
B)  amount to immoral infringements on economic liberty. 
C)  are financially unsustainable and amount to immoral infringements on economic liberty. 
D)  amount to market-oriented policies.

Question 7

Which of the following types of rights entails a definable duty with the availability of formal remedies if the duty is not performed?

Accepted Answer

A)  a moral right 
B)  a health care right 
C)  a legal right 
D)  a human right 
A)  a moral right 
B)  a health care right 
C)  a legal right 
D)  a human right

Question 8

What principle does Daniels argue should govern the distribution of healthcare in a just society?

Accepted Answer

A)  The difference principle 
B)  The principle of fair equality of opportunity 
C)  The egalitarian principle 
D)  The first come, first served principle 
A)  The difference principle 
B)  The principle of fair equality of opportunity 
C)  The egalitarian principle 
D)  The first come, first served principle

Question 9

Which of the following describes the result of the wide institution of managed care plans in 1994?

Accepted Answer

A)  It slowed spending but costs continued to grow. 
B)  It slowed spending and costs started to decreased. 
C)  It hurried spending and costs started to decreased. 
D)  It hurried spending and costs started to rapidly increase. 
A)  It slowed spending but costs continued to grow. 
B)  It slowed spending and costs started to decreased. 
C)  It hurried spending and costs started to decreased. 
D)  It hurried spending and costs started to rapidly increase.

Question 10

Prior to the application of the Affordable Care Act, what was the most common reason cited by Americans for not getting medical insurance?

Accepted Answer

A)  They could not afford the premiums. 
B)  They did not believe that they needed it. 
C)  They were covered by Medicaid. 
D)  They were covered by Medicare. 
A)  They could not afford the premiums. 
B)  They did not believe that they needed it. 
C)  They were covered by Medicaid. 
D)  They were covered by Medicare.

Question 11

What do Hall and Lord believe the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to ration reimbursement for care. 
B)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to eliminate policies and costs that had rendered millions of Americans uninsurable. 
C)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to tell physicians how to practice medicine. 
D)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to render the insurance industry unprofitable. 
A)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to ration reimbursement for care. 
B)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to eliminate policies and costs that had rendered millions of Americans uninsurable. 
C)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to tell physicians how to practice medicine. 
D)  They believe that the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been to render the insurance industry unprofitable.

Question 12

What is the "free rider problem" in healthcare?

Accepted Answer

A)  The poor do not pay for their healthcare, but instead rely on the requirement that hospitals stabilize everyone who comes to an emergency room with a medical problem. 
B)  The poor use emergency rooms as their primary care providers, and that is more costly than other ways of securing medical care. 
C)  Hospitals are not allowed to charge people below the poverty line for ambulance services, so these are overused. 
D)  Young people do not get insurance until later in life when they are more likely to get sick or injured, and take advantage of the premiums paid by others who have been in the system all along. 
A)  The poor do not pay for their healthcare, but instead rely on the requirement that hospitals stabilize everyone who comes to an emergency room with a medical problem. 
B)  The poor use emergency rooms as their primary care providers, and that is more costly than other ways of securing medical care. 
C)  Hospitals are not allowed to charge people below the poverty line for ambulance services, so these are overused. 
D)  Young people do not get insurance until later in life when they are more likely to get sick or injured, and take advantage of the premiums paid by others who have been in the system all along.

Question 13

What approach to healthcare does Avik Roy favor?

Accepted Answer

A)  A socialized approach. 
B)  A single-payer approach. 
C)  A market-based approach. 
D)  A monopolistic approach. 
A)  A socialized approach. 
B)  A single-payer approach. 
C)  A market-based approach. 
D)  A monopolistic approach.

Question 14

According to Kai Nielsen, what type of medical system is justified?

Accepted Answer

A)  A single-tier system 
B)  A two-tier system 
C)  A three-tier system 
D)  Any type of tiered system 
A)  A single-tier system 
B)  A two-tier system 
C)  A three-tier system 
D)  Any type of tiered system

Question 15

According to Kai Nielsen, what other value must be instantiated in society if we really value autonomy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Privacy 
B)  Safety 
C)  Healthcare 
D)  Equality 
A)  Privacy 
B)  Safety 
C)  Healthcare 
D)  Equality

Geyman believes that the Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by doing what?

The costs of medical care are high in the United States because of

The Affordable Care Act has established

Which of the following types of rights always entails a duty on the part of someone else?

Which of the following is true of Kai Nielsen's view?

According to Avik Roy, single-payer government insurance programs

Which of the following types of rights entails a definable duty with the availability of formal remedies if the duty is not performed?

What principle does Daniels argue should govern the distribution of healthcare in a just society?

Which of the following describes the result of the wide institution of managed care plans in 1994?

Prior to the application of the Affordable Care Act, what was the most common reason cited by Americans for not getting medical insurance?

What do Hall and Lord believe the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been?

What is the "free rider problem" in healthcare?

What approach to healthcare does Avik Roy favor?

According to Kai Nielsen, what type of medical system is justified?

According to Kai Nielsen, what other value must be instantiated in society if we really value autonomy?

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Geyman believes that the Affordable Care Act has effected some positive changes by doing what?

The costs of medical care are high in the United States because of

The Affordable Care Act has established

Which of the following types of rights always entails a duty on the part of someone else?

Which of the following is true of Kai Nielsen's view?

According to Avik Roy, single-payer government insurance programs

Which of the following types of rights entails a definable duty with the availability of formal remedies if the duty is not performed?

What principle does Daniels argue should govern the distribution of healthcare in a just society?

Which of the following describes the result of the wide institution of managed care plans in 1994?

Prior to the application of the Affordable Care Act, what was the most common reason cited by Americans for not getting medical insurance?

What do Hall and Lord believe the Affordable Care Act's central achievement has been?

What is the "free rider problem" in healthcare?

What approach to healthcare does Avik Roy favor?

According to Kai Nielsen, what type of medical system is justified?

According to Kai Nielsen, what other value must be instantiated in society if we really value autonomy?

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Physicians, Patients, and Others: Roles and Responsibilities-PART A

Research Ethics and Informed Consent

Research Ethics and Informed Consent-PART A

Genetic Control

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Reproductive Control

Reproductive Control-PART A

Abortion

Abortion-PART A

The Dilemma of Impaired Infants

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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Death

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