Question

In this chapter we identify several reasons that might explain why health care costs have risen so rapidly.Complete the following statements:

a) Compared the rest of the nation, health care costs for a state with a young population would be

• higher because young people need regular care.

• lower because young people are generally healthier.

b) If workers were forced to pay income taxes on the value of their employer-provided health care benefits, then the growth rate of health care costs would

• fall because workers would share some costs with employers.

• rise because workers would share some costs with employers.

c) If we could identify the health care practices that don’t work, then health care costs would

• rise since more effective practices would be put to use.

• fall since more effective practices would be put to use.

d) If patients were forced to pay more of their medical bills, that would worsen the

• poverty uncertainty problem.

• health care uncertainty problem.

• retirement poverty problem.

• health care poverty problem.

Answer 1

A :- lower because young people are generally healthier

B:-rise because workers would share some cost with employer

C :- rise since more effective practices would be put to use

D :- health care uncertainty problem