This Type of Plan Combines Features of HMOs and PPOs

question 68

Multiple Choice

This type of plan combines features of HMOs and PPOs. It uses a network of participating physicians and medical professionals who have contracted to provide services for certain fees.

• A) Home health care agency
• B) Hospital and medical service plan
• C) Medicare
• D) Point-of-service (POS) plan
• E) Public insurance company

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Definitions:

Instinctual Drives

Fundamental, innate impulses that compel individuals to act or behave in certain ways, such as hunger or reproduction.

Ego

In Sigmund Freud’s theory, the structure that begins to develop in response to the fact that instinctual demands of the id are not always immediately met. The ego develops to curb the desires of id so that the individual does not suffer any unpleasant consequences.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept involving the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, often in contrast to the pleasure principle.

Right and Wrong

Fundamental concepts relating to ethics and morality, guiding behavior as acceptable or unacceptable.