Health Care Self-Quiz

Pick ONE answer for each question. If you check more than one box on a question, it will be automatically marked wrong.

QuestionsAnswersMarks
1. In the United States, health care spending as a share of GDP is approximately
A) 5 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 15 percent
D) 25 percent 		A
B
C
D
2. Compared with other wealthy nations, the United States does poorly at
A) Medical research
B) Applying the latest technology
C) Providing good prenatal and postnatal care for all newborns
D) Providing sufficient hospital beds 		A
B
C
D
3. Which of the following accounts for the most health care spending in the United States?
A) Physician compensation
B) Spending on prescription drugs
C) Malpractice insurance premiums
D) Administrative overhead 		A
B
C
D
4. If health insurance were completely private, with no government involvement, the biggest challenge would be
A) Too much overhead
B) The lack of incentive for insurance companies to cover people with expensive chronic illnesses
C) Not enough doctors and hospitals to treat all of the insured
D) There is no major challenge with private health insurance 		A
B
C
D
5. Prescription drugs are expensive because:
A) The cost of research and conducting drug trials is high
B) Manufacturing costs are high
C) Drug companies spend a lot on advertising
D) All of the above 		A
B
C
D
6. The problem with Canada's national health care system is that
A) Costs are rising rapidly
B) Consumers have to wait weeks or months to see a physician
C) Consumers receive care that is less than state-of-the-art
D) all of the above 		A
B
C
D
7. The fact that people are living longer and that more illnesses are treatable means that
A) Sooner or later, government is going to have to ration health care
B) Advances in medicine actually make us worse off
C) People should be encouraged to save in order to pay for health expenses as they age
D) Young people are not able to afford health insurance 		A
B
C
D
8. People earning $40,000 or more who are self-employed often do not have health insurance because
A) Insurance companies will not cover the self-employed
B) They don't really need health insurance, since they are self-employed
C) They don't know where to get health insurance
D) They are healthy and have other priorities 		A
B
C
D

Your overall grade: correct out of 8 possible. Note, this is for your own information. It will not affect your grade in the course.