Health Care Problems
Name a significant problem with the US healthcare system
Relies on a direct free system and private insurance
Name a major success with Obamacare
20 million more americans became insured
This country divides its healthcare system into 450 municipaliteis, each in charge of providing healthcare for their citizens
Finland
This economic divide has been steadily widening over the past 40 years.
What is the wealth gap?
The process of a corporation moving job or business overseas.
What is offshoring?
The growth of this type of care spending is leading to people being unable to pay for other necessities, such as saving for retirement and their childrens education
Health care spending
Obamacare also caused some problems, name one of these
It has a complex system
What is a special thing about finlands health care that america doesnnt do
Covering health care for all citizens
Wealth inequality can increase this as a result of a decrease in law enforcement spending.
What is the crime rate?
This goal of offshoring is a result of producers paying workers less and producing more.
What is full output?
Name one reason health care costs are rising so much
New medical advances are expensive
What is one change Trump has made in the health care system
Eliminating the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act
How much per year does finland spend on their healthcare per person
3442 us dollars
Wealth inequality has a negative effect on the economy because it discourages middle and lower classes from doing this economic activity.
What is investment?
The percentage of U.S. factories that have moved overseas since 2000.
What is 20%?
This term refers to the additional health care that is purchased when people become insured
Moral Hazard
By how much did Trump cut funding for the outreach and advertisement of the ACA?
90 million
True or false, finland has a lower hospital mortality rate than america
True
This historic discriminatory practice is a main cause of the racial wealth gap for African Americans in particular.
What is redlining?
By offshoring, producers can avoid providing these to their new foreign employees.
What are employee benefits?
How many hospitals does america have
5564
The ratio of income between the top 10% and the bottom 10%.
What is 9.5:1?
After manufacturing, jobs in this line of work are most frequently offshored.
What is accounting?