How Does the Affordable Care Act Change Health Care in the United

question 100

Multiple Choice

How does the Affordable Care Act change health care in the United States?

• A) It establishes a "single-payer" system in which the government contracts with private firms to provide medical services, equipment, and drugs on behalf of the general public.
• B) It fills in the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole" so that many of the elderly need no longer be faced with a choice of buying needed drugs or paying other expenses.
• C) It forces states to expand the number of people who are covered by Medicaid, including poor adults without children.
• D) It includes a "public option"-government insurance plans-to compete with private insurance companies within the state insurance pools.
• E) It requires small businesses to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.

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Definitions:

Carpals

The eight small bones that make up the wrist that connect the hand to the forearm.

Metacarpals

The five long bones found in the hand between the wrist (carpals) and the fingers (phalanges), making up the palm.

Phalanges

The skeletal structures found within human fingers and toes.

Carpals

The eight small bones that make up the wrist that connects the hand to the forearm.