Which Critical Issues in Health Care Were Addressed by the Health

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which critical issues in health care were addressed by The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996? (Select all that apply.)

• A)Portability of insurance coverage
• B)COBRA,maintaining coverage for those who lose their jobs
• C)Insurance companies having a total monopoly in a certain geographic area
• D)Insurance companies setting limits on coverage of longer than 12 months
• E)Insurance companies charging seriously ill persons more than healthy persons
• F)Insurance companies paying the same for mental health coverage as for physical illnesses

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Definitions:

Psychological Needs

Essential emotional or psychological requirements for well-being and proper development, including needs for belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.

Suspend Judgment

Temporarily refraining from making a decision or forming an opinion until all evidence and facts are known.

Ethnocentrism

The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture, often resulting in prejudice against other groups.

Enculturation

The process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture.