National Health Insurance Programs

question 105

Multiple Choice

National health insurance programs:

• A) can increase the use of health clinics over traditional village doctors, who often have no medical training.
• B) are usually too costly for developing nations to implement.
• C) have solved the problem of providing high-quality care in places like India.
• D) are always less efficient than privatized programs.

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