Which of the following best describes a flaw of many of the health care bills passed during the last four decades?
a. They avoided interfering with the current health care approach and did not improve problems of access or duplication of efforts.
b. They encouraged each state to do what was best for its residents without consideration of what was best for the nation as a whole.
c. They created new layers of bureaucracy in health care administration.
d. They did not include financing to pay for the suggested changes.
ANS: A
Although each bill attempted to meet some problem in health care planning and delivery, none really improved quality, access, and cost issues. Current health care providers and institutions heavily influenced outcomes.
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