Access to health care in the U.S. is based on one’s ability to pay. This is problematic because

a. the pharmaceutical companies will not make a profit under present circumstances
b. Health care policy is part of broad social policy that is residual; when essential health care services are dependent on income, the levels of which vary by race, members of poor ethnic minority groups are at a great disadvantage in receiving health care services
c. Health care policy is part of broad social policy that rejects privatization
d. Health care policy is part of broad social policy that is established on the same principles of the British system


b. Health care policy is part of broad social policy that is residual; when essential health care services are dependent on income, the levels of which vary by race, members of poor ethnic minority groups are at a great disadvantage in receiving health care services

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A) ?True B) ?False

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of questionnaires as a survey research technique in

contrast to interviews?

a. There is no opportunity to probe for further information. b. They are more expensive. c. They enhance the problem of interviewer bias. d. They provide less accurate responses to questions of a personal or sensitive nature

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Why are addicted women said to suffer from a "double whammy?" a. Because they experience both the jolt of the addictive behavior and the depression of being female

b. Because they experience discrimination from being addicted and the oppression of being female in this culture. c. Because they experience both the joy of recovery and the joy of being a woman in this culture.

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