A patient tells the nurse, "I didn't sign up for health care insurance at my job because I'm young and healthy and can use the money in other ways." The response that best explains the advantage of health insurance would be, "With insurance
a. a fiscal middleman pays your health care bills."
b. your individual contributions go directly to paying your personal expenses."
c. you can borrow money for unexpected health care expenses at a very low interest rate."
d. you are spreading the risk in case you have a serious health event, such as cancer or major trauma."
ANS: D
Health insurance, like any insurance, spreads risk. The risk that is spread in health insurance is that the young and the healthy generally subsidize (support financially) the sick and older persons in the health insurance group. Individual contributions are pooled for the protection of individuals from financial disaster due to health care bills. A fiscal middleman does pay health care bills, but this does not address the best explanation of the advantage of health insurance. The remaining options are not factual statements.
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