Which is NOT a technique used by managed care to keep costs down?
A. utilization review which includes second opinion before surgery or hospitalization
B. disease management programs
C. use of a gatekeeper or primary care physician who approves when patient can see specialists
D. computerized patient files
D
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What is the primary lesson that can be drawn from the scandal in the Veterans Administration in 2014?
a. Concerted oversight efforts by Congress can reduce the dangers of agency loss. b. A strong president can overcome the tendency of bureaucracies to engage in hidden action. c. Implementing a system of tenure review for bureaucrats has improved responsiveness. d. The greatest vulnerability of the principals to the agents is an asymmetry in information.
Floor debates in Congress are
a. public spectacles where members work hard to persuade their colleagues of whom many are undecided. b. for public consumption so members can make arguments justifying their votes to constituents, guide administrators and courts when interpreting legislation, and legitimizing policy choices. c. closed to the public so that members can engage in frank and honest conversations about the issues under consider. d. critical for determining the outcomes of votes since most members try to keep an open mind about proposed bills.
The ability of states to try social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country is viewed as a(n) _______
A) ?disadvantage of federalism B) ?example of accommodation of diversity C) ?example of strengthening of liberty through division of powers D) ?definition of Brandeis's "laboratories of democracy" E) ?threat to democracy.
The Supreme Court decision in which case rejected the longstanding ban on unions and corporations using their general funds on ads about the election or defeat of a candidate?
a. Citizens United v. FEC b. McConnell v. FEC c. McCain v. Buckley d. Buckley v. Valeo