Insurance 101
Name That Procedure
Famous Outbreaks
Pop Culture Medicine
100
The fixed amount you pay for a doctor visit.
What is a copay?
100
A surgical procedure in which a small piece of tissue is removed to examine it under a microscope for cancer or infection.
What is a biopsy?
100
During the 2020 COVID pandemic, this famous doctor served as a lead member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci?
100
During season 1 of Grey's Anatomy, Meredith and company are just starting in this position at the hospital.
What is a surgical intern?
200
The amount you must pay before insurance starts covering most services.
What is a deductible?
200
A procedure that removes fluid from the chest cavity, usually for diagnosis or to relieve pressure.
What is a thoracentesis?
200
First identified in West Africa in 1976, this virus causes hemorrhagic fever with high fatality rates. The DFW area reported cases of this virus in 2015.
What is ebola?
200
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Who is Noah Wyle?
(Or, who is Dr. Robby?)
300
This is when an insurance company mandates trial and error with cheaper drugs before approving an expensive name brand.
What is step therapy?
300
A procedure in which the uterus is scraped to remove tissue after a miscarriage, abortion, or for diagnostic purposes.
What is a D&C?
300
This zoonotic virus caused a global scare in 2009, leading to the first influenza pandemic in 40 years.
What is swine flu?
300
You can go to this doctor with joint swelling, dark urine, and a butterfly rash, and he'll still say "it's never lupus".
Who is Dr. House?
400
With a higher deductible, this payment usually gets lower.
What is a premium?
400
A procedure to break down kidney stones in the ureter into smaller pieces to help them pass easier.
What is a lithotripsy?
400
Innate immunity to malaria is linked to the concurrent occurence of this blood disease.
What is sickle cell disease?
400
Dr. Shaun Murphy from The Good Doctor is portrayed with this condition.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
500
This insurance plan requires a referral from a PCP before covering any specialist care.
What is an HMO?
500
A minimally invasive cardiac procedure to create small, precise scars in heart tissue to block faulty electrical signals and improve conditions like atrial fibrillation.
What is an ablation?
500
Kaposi's sarcoma is occurs chiefly in cases of this highly infectious disease.
What is HIV/AIDS?
500
Every medical drama has doctors shocking patients that flatline. That is WRONG. This rhythm is not shockable.
What is asystole?