Enduring Debate Readings
Vocabulary
Health Care
Environment
Random
100
Largely affects the amount of money available to future generations through social security.
What is increased life expectancy?
100
A government program that provides insurance and coverage for hospitalization, doctor fees, and other medical expenses for the elderly.
What is Medicare?
100
Compulsory insurance program for all citizens in which citizens in which the government finances their medical care.
What is National Health Insurance?
100
The nation's largest federal regulatory agency.
What is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
100
Attempts to keep health insurances fees low by assigning one general doctor to a patient as opposed to several specialists.
What is managed care?
200
A more individualistic and looser alternative to company-based healthcare coverage.
What is defined contribution?
200
The largest federal independent regulatory agency that administers all government environmental legislation.
What is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
200
Biomedical research facility located in Maryland. Main U.S agency responsible for biomedical and health research.
What is the National Institute of Health (NIH)?
200
The U.S.'s main sources of energy.
What is coal, oil and natural gas?
200
Distort representation in health care policy making.
What is interest groups?
300
Necessary for third parties to pressure caregivers and patients, and for quality and efficient practice of medicine
What is free market health care?
300
A powerful interest group made up of people over 50 with a goal of making a country that is free of poverty where no older person feels vulnerable.
What is American Organization of Retired Persons (AARP)?
300
Organization contracted by individuals or insurance companies to provide health care for a yearly fee. Such network health plans limit the choice of doctors and treatments.
What is the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)?
300
A law passed to clean up toxic waste in America.
What is the Superfund?
300
Current US healthcare system.
What is a privatized system?
400
Discourage future medical discoveries made by entrepreneurs.
What is government-created negative incentives?
400
A report required by the National Environmental Policy Act that specifies the likely environmental impact of a bill.
What is Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)?
400
Federal and state assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them.
What is Medicaid?
400
Saves the whales.
What is the Endangered Species Act of 1973?
400
Fastest growing expense in the US budget.
What is Medicare?
500
Ultimately attempts to place a numerical value on medical services and skills and eliminates incentives for competition.
What is government issued healthcare?
500
The main federal law that governs the disposal of solid/hazardous waste.
What is Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1976?
500
This country spends 14% of its GDP on healthcare.
What is The United States Of America?
500
Must be completed before every proposal of construction.
What is an environmental impact sheet?
500
Allocation of care to individuals in order to serve a larger amount of people.
What is rationed medical care?
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