GC353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Consumerism, Stockwell Day, Health Care In Canada

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8 Dec 2017

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WLU

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Christian Studies & Global Citizenship

Course

GC353

Professor

Gerard Yun

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When asked what makes people proud to be canadian many people have canada"s health care system at the top of their list. In the 1960"s canada"s government (provincial government) began introducing government run health insurance (also known as medicare). This triggered the decline of many private health insurance companies and private clinics/hospitals. 1948 the canada health act came out and stated that all provincial health plans must meet a certain standard of coverage. This also outlawed charging fees for medically-necessary services. That is the history of canada"s health care systems. Today, all canadians are provided with comprehensive health insurance starting at birth through public health plans. The provincial governments run most hospitals and clinics as well, with doctors and surgeons charging government directly for their services. With canada"s health care system being one of the most generous in the world, it is also extremely expensive to maintain.

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1. With regard to health care spending patterns, we can say that

A. Everybody demands the same basic level of health care

B. Health care spending varies dramatically according to governments willingness to pay for such services

C. Men demand much more medical care than women

D. The elderly need much less health care than adults do

E. Only a few people (less than 5 percent) consume more than half of all health care expenditures

2. Which of the following is the best example of a renewable resource?

A. Crude petroleum

B. The ozone layer in the atmosphere

C. Library book

D. Minerals

E. Trees

3. All of the following are reasons for health care expenditures in the U.S. Rising EXCEPT

A. The government (FDA) restricts entry of drugs to the U.S. Marketplace

B. The demand for health care has risen

C. The federal government has had such a small role in health care

D. The supply of physicians is restricted by the American medical association

E. Health insurance is regulated on a state by state basis so someone cannot buy a less expensive policy from an insurer in another state

4. Free market economists argue that

A. Markets will not adjust to a demand shock without government intervention

B. Markets will adjust to a demand shock without government intervention

C. Central planners are best equipped to handle external shocks and get the economy back on track

D. It would take the government too long to intervene and get the economy back on track

E. Government intervention is necessary to get the economy back on track

5. True or false? The health care restrictions and regulations prevent the entry and exit of firms and prevent the effect of competition on prices.

6. True or false? In a market system, those who own the most highly valued resources have the highest incomes.

7. True or false? Since consumers do not have to choose whether to use their own money for health care or for something else, the role of price as an allocation mechanism does not work in health care.

8. Health economics is important to study for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A. Spending on health care in the U.S. exceeds $2 trillion

B. The elderly are the smallest users of health care, and the young are the major users

C. Only 1% of the population account for almost 30% of total health care expenditures

D. Health care expenditures have risen from 5.9% of GDP in 1965 to over 16% of GDP today

E. None - all of these are true

9. An illegal drug dealer will maximize profit by providing and selling the number of drugs where

A. Private costs equal social costs

B. The greatest number of consumers can be derived

C. The price is maximized

D. Private property rights are best defined

E. Marginal revenue equals marginal cost

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If an insurer incorrectly estimates an insured person'spremium

, then the insurer will suffer a financial loss.

can appeal to the state insurance commissioner for asubsidy.

will drop people whose medical expenses exceed theirpremium.

None of the above

Medicare Part B (physician and outpatient services) is financedby

a premium that is 75 percent subsidized by the government and 25percent subsidized by the aged.

a payroll tax on both the employee and the employer.

a premium that is 100 percent subsidized by the government.

both a subsidized premium and a payroll tax

The diagnosis-related group hospital payment system changedhospital incentives by making it more profitable to

employ physicians.

admit sicker Medicare patients.

reduce a patient's length of stay.

charge more for lab tests.

Medicare is difficult to reform because

		pharmaceutical manufacturers benefit from drug sales under PartD.
		senior congressional leaders do not want their Medicare benefitschanged.
		the Medicare population is opposed and have highvoting-participation rates.
		Medicare reform would likely increase the federal deficit.

Medicare is not considered to be a fair redistributive systembecause

Medicare beneficiaries receive large subsidies regardless of howhigh their income is.

low-income Medicare beneficiaries with high out-of-pocketexpenses must enroll in Medicaid.

low-income employees subsidize high-income Medicarebeneficiaries.

All of the above

Substituting an income-related voucher for the current Medicaidsystem would not achieve the following:

		An income-related voucher would eliminate the large differencesbetween states in the percentage of their populations eligible forMedicaid.
		An income-related voucher would reinforce the movement towardMedicaid managed care, with its emphasis on coordinated care andincentives to provide care in less costly settings.
		An income-related voucher would provide employees with anincentive to forego higher pay so that they qualify for the vouchersubsidy.
		An income-related voucher would provide those on Medicaid withan incentive to take higher-paying jobs because they would onlylose part of their voucher subsidy.

Most states have shifted their Medicaid beneficiaries intoprivate Medicaid managed care/HMO plans. What is the advantage tothe state for doing so?

		Medicaid patients are more likely to receive coordinated careand preventive services.
		By paying HMOs a fixed fee per person per month, states are ableto shift their risk for higher expenditures to a managed careplan.
		Medicaid patients are more likely to have access to a physicianwithin the HMO.
		The HMOs have entered the Medicaid market because they believethey can provide the care less expensively and earn a profit.

What are some legitimate ways to spend down one's assets toqualify for Medicaid?

Fixing up one's house, purchasing a new car, or setting up aspecial burial account

Providing financial gifts to one's children

Transferring property to one's children

Setting up special retirement accounts that can be passed on tochildren or relatives after seven years

How is Medicaid administered?

		By each state, but policy is shared with the federalgovernment
		By the federal government and coordinated with the states
		By a joint commission composed of federal and stateappointees
		None of the above

Why were hospitals and physicians willing to participate in anHMO's provider network?

Hospitals and physicians developed excess capacity and werewilling to discount their prices for more patients.

Hospitals and physicians believed that they could reduce medicalcosts by joining together to better manage patient care.

Some states provided hospitals and their employed physicians anincentive to join or start HMOs to serve their Medicaidpatients.

b and c

How did early managed care firms achieve their largestsavings?

		By limiting access to very expensive specialty prescriptiondrugs
		By reducing hospital utilization of its enrollees
		By making enrollees wait long periods to see their primary carephysician
		By limiting enrollees' access to the HMO's specialists

Managed care plans differ according to the restrictiveness oftheir provider network and access to specialists. Which types ofplans are likely to have the lowest premiums?

		Plans that have the largest ratio of primary care physicians tospecialists
		Plans that have the most experience and have been in existencethe longest
		Plans that have the most restrictive/narrow provider network
		Plans that have received the highest quality and outcomemeasures

QUESTION 20

As part of the Affordable Care Act, health insurance exchangeswere established. What have been the most importantcost-containment approaches used by health plans competing forinsurance exchange enrollees?

		Health plans have used very narrow/limited providernetworks.
		Health plans have dramatically reduced access to new medicaltechnology.
		Health plans have included large deductibles and out-of-pocketpayments.
		a and c

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