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64) Requesting an x-ray when it is unnecessary but the patient demands it would be considered
defensive medicine.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Taking Responsibility for Your Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.1
65) A patient is entitled to know whether a recommended treatment is established practice or
experimental.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Conventional Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.2
66) The labels of over-the-counter medications are not required to identify the purpose of the
drug or the active ingredient.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Conventional Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.2
67) Cost sharing is one of the mechanisms private health care insurers use to help patients afford
coverage.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Insurance
Learning Outcome: 16.3
68) Health insurance is based on the idea that policyholders pay affordable premiums so they
never have to face catastrophic medical bills.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Insurance
Learning Outcome: 16.3
69) Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a person can be denied health coverage for a
preexisting condition.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Issues Facing Today’s Health Care System
Learning Outcome: 16.4
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70) All physicians must accept Medicare patients.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Health Insurance
Learning Outcome: 16.3
71) List and discuss five points that will help you communicate well with health care providers.
Skill: Applying
Section: Taking Responsibility for Your Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.1
72) Discuss four common forms of self-care.
Skill: Applying
Section: Taking Responsibility for Your Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.1
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73) Andy has been taking a prescription antidepressant for 10 weeks and reports feeling less
depressed since he began taking the medication. How can Andy be certain that his response isn’t
attributable to the placebo effect? Can he? And if not, what could he do to increase his
understanding of his drug response?
Skill: Applying
Section: Taking Responsibility for Your Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.1
74) Distinguish between nurse practitioners (NPs), registered nurses (RNs), and licensed
practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs), comparing training and responsibilities.
Skill: Understanding
Section: Conventional Health Care
Learning Outcome: 16.2
75) List and explain the various mechanisms private insurance companies are still allowed to
use, under the Affordable Care Act, to limit potential losses.
Skill: Analyzing
Section: Health Insurance
Learning Outcome: 16.3
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76) Identify at least four factors involved in the continuing increase in health care costs.
Skill: Analyzing
Section: Issues Facing Today’s Health Care System
Learning Outcome: 16.4
77) List and discuss five key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Skill: Analyzing
Section: Issues Facing Today’s Health Care System
Learning Outcome: 16.4
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78) Are you in favor of a national single-payer health insurance program in the United States?
Support your answer with reasons why or why not.
Skill: Evaluating
Section: Issues Facing Today’s Health Care System
Learning Outcome: 16.4