The nurse is a member of the ANA. The ANA advocates which of the following to reduce the costs of health care?
a. use primary care c. use a multi-payer system
b. use tertiary care d. eliminate managed care plans
A
The ANA advocates the support of primary and preventive care over tertiary care to reduce the spiraling costs of health care. In addition to an emphasis on disease prevention, the ANA supports a single-payer mechanism as the option to finance a revised health care system.
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