When a nursing instructor is discussing health care coverage in the United States, which description should be omitted?
1. The United States has one of the best health care systems in the world.
2. Care in the United States is available for everyone.
3. Health care spending will double in the next decade.
4. The managed care system has helped control costs.
Answer: 2
Rationale: The United States does have one of the best healthcare systems in the world because of innovations in technology and ongoing research into new treatments. Care is not available for everyone in the United States. An increasing number of uninsured people are partially responsible for a large portion of the rise in health care expenditures. The dollar amount of health care expenditures is expected to double from two trillion in 2005 to four trillion by 2015. While the managed care system has helped to control spending in health care, it still continues to rise at a staggering rate.
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