Question

According to the movie Sicko the health reform as proposed by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was the same thing as socialized medicine. O True False QUESTION 32 According to the movie Sicko, citizens in Canada must wait months for even the most simple procedure. O True ○ False QUESTION 33 According to the movie Sicko, citizens of England have access to care but with high deductibles and co-insurance. True False QUESTION 34 According to the documentary Sick Around TheWorld (SAW), the national health system in japan is primarily private. True

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31. The correct answer is True . Clinton health care plan, is shown as a crusader for change, appointed to reform the health care system in the United States by her husband, newly elected President Bill Clinton. Her efforts are met with heavy-handed criticisms by Republicans on Capitol Hill, and right-wing media throughout the country, who characterize her plan as the harbinger of socialism.

32. The correct answer is True ,Canadians, disgusted with long wait times and inferior care, frequently visit the US for faster, better care. They'd rather pay with their own money than wait until Canadian health care gets around to them.

33. The correct answer is False . In the United Kingdom, a country whose National Health Service is a comprehensive publicly funded health care system, Moore interviews patients and inquires about in-hospital expenses incurred by patients, only to be told that there are no out-of-pocket payments. Moore visits a typical UK pharmacy, where pharmaceuticals are free of charge for all persons in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and under 16, 16–17 in full-time education, disabled, unemployed, or over 60 in England, and subsidized in most cases for everyone else (in England); only a fixed amount of £6.65 (about $10) per item on a prescription was charged, irrespective of cost to the NHS. Further, NHS hospitals employ a cashier, part of whose job is to reimburse low-income patients for their out-of-pocket travel costs to the hospital.