In Contrast to First-Dollar Insurance Coverage, One Concern About HMOs

question 62

Multiple Choice

In contrast to first-dollar insurance coverage, one concern about HMOs is that:

• A)the price of medical care will be too low.
• B)acute treatment will be overemphasized.
• C)patients will receive more medical care than they need.
• D)patients will not receive adequate medical care.

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Definitions:

Inhibitors

Substances that slow down or prevent a particular chemical reaction or biological process.

Poisons

Substances that can cause disturbances to organisms, often by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity.

Kinase

An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from high-energy, phosphate-donating molecules to specific substrates, a process crucial in many cellular activities.

Phosphates

Inorganic chemical compounds that contain the phosphate ion, fundamental to cellular function and structural frameworks of organisms.