Identify a Technique Adopted by Congress to Fund the Universal

question 4

Multiple Choice

Identify a technique adopted by Congress to fund the universal health-insurance coverage program it had developed in 2009.

• A) An increased unemployment compensation rate 
• B) An increased Medicaid tax rate 
• C) A new tax on low-end health policies 
• D) A new tax on investments for middle-class Americans 
• E) An increased Medicare tax rate

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ICD-9-CM

The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; a predecessor to ICD-10-CM used for coding and classifying morbidity data from inpatient and outpatient records, primary replaced by ICD-10-CM.

Medicine

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ICD-9-PCS

an abbreviation for the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Procedure Coding System; a system used in healthcare to classify procedures and interventions.

Counseling

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