When considering the issue of the politics behind health care in the United States, the nurse identifies one of the third-party payer stakeholders as:
a. health care provider. c. special interest group.
b. government. d. the National Institutes of Health.
B
The following are considered third-party payer stakeholders: government, business, and health
insurance companies. Other politically active stakeholders are health care providers, recipients of
federal funding from the NIH, organizations and institutions that employ as well as educate health care
providers, and members of special interest groups.
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