Health Care and Social Programs Quiz

Health care in Canada must be publicly administered, comprehensive, portable universal and

• accessible

• remote

• inclusive

• free

Sales tax is based on what you spend on products and services and is collected (Alberta)

• federally

• provincially

• yearly

• monthly

Which of the following best describes the health care system in the United States?

• Provisional

• Private

• Public

• Profitable

Income assistance, shelters, and pensions are all

• Federal programs

• Provincial programs

• Social programs

• Rights and freedoms

The country on which this medical situation is based is most likely

• Canada because of the absence of universal health care insurance.

• Canada because of the existence of universal health care insurance.

• United States because of the absence of universal health insurance.

• United States because of the existence of universal health insurance.

The author of the cartoon is most critical of

• patients for failing to maintain good health through diet and exercise.

• health care professionals for lacking the skill to deal with difficult medical situations.

• the government for making little effort to provide healthcare for the citizens.

• the insurance industry for its reluctance to cover medical procedures.

The primary issue the cartoonist is examining in this cartoon is the

• access to health care.

• rising costs of delivering health care.

• the competence level of health care providers.

• the inability to utilize modern medical techniques.

A method of combating the concern expressed in the cartoon, in Canada would be:

• having competition in the delivery of medical services.

• no longer covering some elective procedures.

• allow private insurance companies to get involved

• increasing taxes to pay for the rising costs.

A contributing factor to the current healthcare crisis identified by the cartoonist is the

• rise in obesity created by diet

• increased costs of prescription medication

• lack of information about healthy lifestyle choices

• dramatic increase in costs of new, enhanced medical technologies

The cartoonist is suggesting that Canada’s citizens need to:

• Watch more documentaries on television

• Exercise more

• Take care of ourselves in many ways

• Buy private health insurance