Economics Chapter 18 Multiple Choice When The Government Assists Individua

74. Multiple Choice: An advantage of employment-based insu...

Question An advantage of employment-based insurance is that it:

Answer increases moral hazard.

75. Multiple Choice: Most Americans receive their health i…

Question Most Americans receive their health insurance through:

Answer Medicare.

76. Multiple Choice: The U.S. government health insurance ...

Question The U.S. government health insurance program for people 65 years old and older

is:

77. Multiple Choice: The U.S. government health insurance ...

Question The U.S. government health insurance program that is means tested is:

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78. Multiple Choice: Medicaid is funded by:

Question Medicaid is funded by:

79. Multiple Choice: Approximately _________ of Americans …

Question Approximately _________ of Americans have no health insurance.

80. Multiple Choice: Children in low-income families which...

Question Children in low-income families which can’t afford insurance are covered by:

81. Multiple Choice: People may be uninsured for all of th...

Question People may be uninsured for all of the following reasons except that:

Answer their employer does not provide health insurance.

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82. Multiple Choice: Health care in the United States is d...

Question Health care in the United States is different from that of other wealthy countries in

all of the following ways except that:

83. Multiple Choice: Which of the following countries has ...

Question Which of the following countries has a single-payer system funded through taxes in

which the government is the principal payer of medical bills for all of its citizens?

Answer United States

84. Multiple Choice: Which of the following countries has ...

Question Which of the following countries has a health care system which directly employs

health care workers and runs hospitals and clinics that are free to the public?

Answer United States

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85. Multiple Choice: Which of the following countries give...

Question Which of the following countries gives all of its citizens a choice between private

doctors and hospitals and care in a system run directly by the government?

Answer United States

86. Multiple Choice: Which of the following countries does...

Question Which of the following countries does not provide health care to all of its citizens?

87. Multiple Choice: Some nations, like Canada, have adopt...

Question Some nations, like Canada, have adopted a health care system in which the

government pays the medical bills. This is known as a(n):

Answer employment-based system.

88. Multiple Choice: In 2009, the average cost of health i…

Question In 2009, the average cost of health insurance for a family of four was approximately

______ per year.

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89. Multiple Choice: Between 2000 and 2009, the number of …

Question Between 2000 and 2009, the number of people with employment-based insurance:

Answer increased.

90. Multiple Choice: Progress in medical science has contr...

Question Progress in medical science has contributed to __________ health care costs.

91. Multiple Choice: Community rating is a regulation that…

Question Community rating is a regulation that requires:

92. Multiple Choice: The problem with community rating is ...

Question The problem with community rating is that it:

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93. Multiple Choice: The individual mandate is the require…

Question The individual mandate is the requirement that:

Answer each health care provider must provide care for Medicare patients.

94. Multiple Choice: To ensure that low and middle income ...

Question To ensure that low and middle income families have health insurance, the

Affordable Care Act of 2010:

95. Multiple Choice: The welfare state can:

Question The welfare state can:

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96. Multiple Choice: When the government assists individua...

Question When the government assists individuals with payments, those payments are

referred to as:

97. Multiple Choice: A high-income household is taxed a ce...

Question A high-income household is taxed a certain amount of money. A low-income

household receives financial assistance in the same amount from government. The

marginal dollar of the financial assistance to the family and the taxes paid by the

high-income family are:

98. Multiple Choice: Poverty programs are aimed at:

Question Poverty programs are aimed at:

99. Multiple Choice: A social insurance program would be o…

Question A social insurance program would be one aimed at:

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100. Multiple Choice: Among the reasons for a welfare state…

Question Among the reasons for a welfare state is a desire to alleviate income inequality and

to:

101. Multiple Choice: The ability-to–pay principle is a goo…

Question The ability–to-pay principle is a good justification for:

102. Multiple Choice: Political conservatives and liberals:

Question Political conservatives and liberals:

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103. Multiple Choice: Programs associated with the welfare ...

Question Programs associated with the welfare state are believed to create deadweight loss,

since they:

104. Multiple Choice: John Rawls believed that:

Question John Rawls believed that:

105. Multiple Choice: If you were to provide an economic po...

Question If you were to provide an economic policy without knowing your own economic

status, you would be operating:

106. Multiple Choice: The poverty threshold income level is…

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Question The poverty threshold income level is defined as:

107. Multiple Choice: The poverty threshold depends upon:

Question The poverty threshold depends upon:

108. Multiple Choice: Since 1959 the percentage of the popu...

Question Since 1959 the percentage of the population living below the poverty line has:

109. Multiple Choice: A definition of poverty that compares...

Question A definition of poverty that compares the individual’s level of income with the level of

income received by other individuals in the country:

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110. Multiple Choice: Compared to other countries of compar…

Question Compared to other countries of comparable wealth, the United States has:

111. Multiple Choice: Some of the major causes of poverty a...

Question Some of the major causes of poverty are lack of education, bad luck, lack of

English language proficiency, and:

112. Multiple Choice: In the United States, the share of in…

Question In the United States, the share of income spent on food has ________, and the

share of income spent on housing has ________.

113. Multiple Choice: In the United States, income inequali...

Question In the United States, income inequality fell:

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