A 25-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Office to Follow Up

question 105

Multiple Choice

A 25-year-old woman comes to the office to follow up type 1 diabetes mellitus.  She takes long- and short- acting insulin with good glycemic control and has no diabetes-related complications.  She also has a history of hypothyroidism for which she takes levothyroxine.  The patient has been covered under her parent's medical insurance for the last several years, but she recently started working full time for a company that provides a broad variety of employee insurance choices.  She requests advice in choosing a health insurance plan.  The patient has no disability and says that her main priority is low monthly payments.  Which of the following insurance options would be most appropriate for this patient?

• A)Health maintenance organization
• B)Medicaid
• C)Medicare
• D)Point-of-service plan
• E)Preferred provider organization

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