Which of the following is true about access to care?
a. Care providers have always donated necessary services to make sure everyone received care.
b. Health care is rationed by the ability to pay.
c. Poverty-stricken patients received care from medical and nursing school students in teaching hospitals.
d. Universal access has always been a component of health care in America.
Question 2
A nurse educator teaches community/public health nursing students about how health care is financed in the United States. Why is it important that nursing students receive this information?
a. Nurses are expected to help patients find funding sources to pay for their care.
b. Nurses have to restrict their care to services that are financially reimbursed.
c. Health care organizations must charge patients for all supplies consumed while care is given.
d. Health care organizations must notify patients of the exact cost of the nursing services rendered.
