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renzo156

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Which is the United States' largest and most expensive health care program?
 
  1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
   2. Social Security
   3. Medicare
   4. Medicaid

Question 2

Which factors make health care costs difficult to control? Select all that apply.
 
  1. Technology replacement costs
   2. People living longer
   3. Focus on disease
   4. The medically uninsured
   5. Disease-prevention strategies



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 3
Rationale: Medicare is the government's largest health care financing program. It serves 40 million people who are elderly and/or have disabilities. Medicaid is a smaller health care program that serves the poor. Social Security and TANF are not health care programs.

Answer to Question 2

Answers: 1; 2; 3; 4
Rationale:
 Technology replacement costs: Machinery used in patient care and support services are becoming more expensive as they become more technologically advanced.
 People living longer: As technology improves, it is possible for people to live longer with chronic diseases, requiring more frequent and more expensive medical care.
 Focus on disease: The health care system in the United States focuses on curing diseases individuals already have. This increases health care costs substantially more than a plan of primary prevention.
 The medically uninsured: As more people in the United States are uninsured, costs continue to rise as they seek care in Emergency Departments providing the most expensive care for illnesses and injuries.
 Disease-prevention strategies: Health care costs are not rising because of disease-prevention strategies, but because of the system's focus on curing once an illness has already developed.



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