Deck 2: American Exceptionalism - Conceptual and Structural

Question 1

The ____ model for the U.S. health care system has been ruled out legally.

A) provider oligopoly
B) provider monopoly
C) free market
D) administered competition

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The free market ideology in health care emphasizes:

A) a few large sellers.
B) a market controlled by a single provider.
C) more consumer choice.
D) heavy government involvement.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

American industry, as well as its health care system, is generally characterized as:

A) monopolistic.
B) oligopolistic.
C) pure competition.
D) monopsony.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Proponents of _____ tend to favor mandated employer-based health insurance

A) managed systems
B) administered systems
C) consumer-driven competition
D) oligopolistic competition

Question 5

With _______, there is a strong need to constrain anticompetitive practices.

A) managed systems
B) administered systems
C) consumer-driven competition
D) oligopolistic competition

Question 6

Rational measures would probably be put in place to restrain the arms race among hospitals under:

A) administered competition.
B) consumer-driven competition.
C) oligopolistic competition.
D) all of the above.

Question 7

Proponents of multistate insurance exchanges would likely favor:

A) administered competition.
B) consumer-driven competition.
C) oligopolistic competition.
D) all of the above.

Question 8

Proponents of _____ argue that we would have less of a problem of perverse incentives under:

A) administered competition.
B) consumer-driven competition.
C) oligopolistic competition.
D) all of the above.

Question 9

A perfect market is characterized by:

A) no buyers and sellers controlling prices.
B) all products having available substitutes.
C) freedom-of-entry for all.
D) all of the above.

Question 10

Reference pricing is frequently supported by:

A) hospitals.
B) insurers.
C) regulators.
D) academic medical centers.

Question 11

Managed care ran into resistance because of:

A) lower costs.
B) higher costs.
C) poor quality.
D) lack of consumer choice.

Question 12

The alternative with the most market power in the current marketplace is:

A) administered competition.
B) consumer-driven competition.
C) oligopolistic competition.
D) all of the above.

Question 13

Professionals must take leadership of developing and disseminating intellectual capital or:

A) lose out to artificial intelligence.
B) be forced to go on salary.
C) lose even more autonomy.
D) gain freedom of expression.

Question 14

Factors making mass customization difficult in health care include:

A) differences in anatomy.
B) differences in preferences and utilities.
C) comorbidities.
D) all of the above.

Question 15

"Suits versus coats" refers to:

A) a hospital dress code.
B) gender discrimination in health care.
C) management-provider conflicts.
D) clinician-regulator conflicts.

Question 16

Starr describes the process leading up to passage of the ACA as one involving compromises between:

A) managed competition and consumer-driven care.
B) corporate lite and consumer-driven care.
C) managed competition and corporate lite.
D) none of the above.

Question 17

A subject of general concern about the future of health care is a population boom that rapidly expands the workforce.

Question 18

The Constitutional right to health care in the United States was denied in the Tenth Amendment.

Question 19

The bureaucratic dispersal of our federal government health-financed programs was due in large part to the opposition of organized medicine.

Question 20

The financing of the U.S. health care system is overwhelmingly by the private sector.

Question 21

The supply of trained health professionals is under the control of the federal government.

Question 22

The bias in our institutions training health professional is to expand supply.

Question 23

The premise that health care is a right has been totally rejected by the American public.

Question 24

Medicare and Medicaid are considered monopsonistic.

Question 25

Non-refundable premium tax credits are a new idea that is attracting attention for the first time.

Question 26

Further labor substitution is unlikely because potential workers will lack the necessary skills.