Which of the following helps to explain why the United States relies more heavily on expensive, high-tech medical treatments as compared to the United Kingdom?
a. Americans spend more time in the hospital.
b. The United States has more advanced medical technology.
c. The United States has a single-payer health care system.
d. U.S. health care costs are paid from a mixture of sources, leaving no single source primarily responsible for controlling health care costs.
Question 2
Over time, Americans' expectations of government have generally __________.
a. increased
b. decreased
c. been related to national defense
d. been related to foreign policy
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