The 82-Year-Old Patient Presented in the Physician's Office for a Routine

question 21

Multiple Choice

The 82-year-old patient presented in the physician's office for a routine physical examination. He gave the receptionist two cards, evidencing his primary, government-funded insurance plan that pays for most of the bill and an additional, private plan that covers the remaining charges. The patient's secondary insurance is called:

• A) Discounted fee for service
• B) Wraparound policy
• C) Medicare
• D) Capitation

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Definitions:

Phytoremediation

The use of plants to remove, degrade, or contain environmental pollutants from contaminated soil, water, or air.

Hydrogen Bonds

Weak bonds between partially positively charged hydrogen atoms and other partially negatively charged atoms, significant in the structure of water and biological molecules.

Transpiration

The pathway that water takes, moving from the roots to microscopic pores located on the leaf undersides, where it vaporizes and escapes into the surrounding air.

Mycorrhiza

Mutually beneficial partnership between a fungus and a plant root.