Health Care Systems Quiz on QuizRevolution

Okay this is my last trick question. All of these countries provide basic health care to all citizens. Plus Costa Rica and Chile aren't even industrialized countries, but they still manage. Of all industrialized countries, the U.S. is the only one with substantial populations without access to health care.

Health care is free for all citizens and is paid for by taxes and some insurance contributions. The government effectively runs the services too, hospitals and medical professionals. Overall, Brits pay 60% less per person than Americans, and the WHO ranks them well ahead of the U.S. in terms of health care.

The Canadian government picks up the tab for health insurance, but the doctors and hospitals are mostly private.

Through government regulation and subsidy, Switzerland manages to get all citizens covered under private plans. The government requires companies to offer a basic plan at a set price to all citizens. Individuals can opt to buy more extensive coverage. It's a bit more expensive than other European models, but it works.

Medicare and the Canadian system both work on the social insurance principal, where the government provides insurance, but patients are treated in private facilities.

The government provides health insurance to veterans and runs the health facilities they go to, just like in Britain.

Remember Switzerland uses subsidies and regulation to get citizens covered under private insurance? Congress is looking at basically doing that. Requiring most companies to provide insurance, and subsidies to citizens left out. Congress would also disallow the practices of exclusion and recision based on pre-existing conditions.

The public option would be kind of like Canada's socialized insurance, but it would work alongside private insurance, Veterans' care and Medicare. Therefore it would be more mixed. France has several large public insurance providers, which cover most people's insurance. Private insurance companies are also there to provide services above and beyond. France ranked #1 on the WHO list of health care systems. It is very interesting and will be the subject of a future post for sure.

Answers 1 would be factually correct, answer 2 would be a pretty good assumption, but if you don't care about facts, go ahead and shout 3 and 4.