Different methods of paying for health care in the United States seek to provide superior care, equality of access, and freedom of choice for all citizens, while promoting the public interest through cost-containment programs
Citizens discuss the ideal of equal access to health care for everyone, including care for indigents. Yet, segments of the health care system maintain aspects of a free-market competition. Which of the following statements best describes this system?
a. Utilitarian theory is the sole basis for U.S. health care financing, forming the foundation of Medicare, Medicaid, and privately purchased health care insurance.
b. Libertarianism, which espouses a free market system and freedom of choice, undergirds the basic principles of U.S. health care financing.
c. Several theories of justice try to achieve a balance between competing social goals in the U.S. health care system.
d. Most health care financing occurs at the community level; therefore communitarian principles are most applicable to U.S. health care economics.
C
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