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Health Care Delivery in the United States Questions
Question 1 of 5
The world population is currently estimated to be growing at a rate such that the time required for the population to double is
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A 1% annual growth rate (circa 1980s) yields a doubling time of about 70 years (C is correct).
Question 2 of 5
The number of Americans with no health insurance coverage is approximately
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In the late 1980s, about 45 million Americans were uninsured, aligning with estimates from that era.
Question 3 of 5
Correct statements about nursing home care in the U.S. include all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The mean age of nursing home residents is closer to 85, not 70 (B is the exception).
Question 4 of 5
Statements that correctly characterize the operations of the Medicaid program include which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Medicaid pays providers for low-income groups (A is correct). Eligibility varies by state (B is incorrect), funding includes state contributions (C is incorrect), and states administer it, not SSA (D is incorrect).
Question 5 of 5
All the following were recommendations of the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (the 'Pepper Commission') EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The Pepper Commission did not recommend a Canadian-style single-payer system (E is the exception); it focused on incremental reforms.