The health-care economy is replete with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the peculiar roles of producer or "provider" and purchaser or "consumer" in the typical doctor-patient relationship, in most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various inducements of price, quality, and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Where circumstances permit the buyer no choice because there is effectively only one seller and the product is relatively essential, government usually asserts monopoly and places the industry under price and other regulations. Neither of these conditions prevails in most of the health-care industry.
In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chos
A. the more likely it is that the patient will question the cost of the services.
B. the less likely it is that the insurance carrier will pay the cost of the treatment.
C. the less likely it is that the patient will object to the course of treatment prescribed.
D. the more responsibilities the government will assume through monopoly.
The health-care economy is replete with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the peculiar roles of producer or "provider" and purchaser or "consumer" in the typical doctor-patient relationship, in most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various inducements of price, quality, and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Where circumstances permit the buyer no choice because there is effectively only one seller and the product is relatively essential, government usually asserts monopoly and places the industry under price and other regulations. Neither of these conditions prevails in most of the health-care industry.
In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chos
A. it is doctors who generate income for the hospital
B. most of a patient’s bills are paid by his health insurance
C. hospital administrators lack the expertise to question medical
D. a doctor is ultimately responsible for a patient’s health
| The American economy is growing,
according to the most recent statistics, at the sizzling rate of 7%, and is in
the middle of the largest peacetime expansion in American history. We read in
the newspapers that practically everyone who wants a job can get one. Microsoft
is running advertisements in the New York Times practically begging Congress to
issue more visas for foreign computer and information technology
workers. In this environment, it is shocking that one group of Americans, people with disabilities, have such a high level of unemployment: 30% are not employed the same percentage as when the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. Not only did their employment and labor earnings fall during the recession of the early 1990s, but employment and earnings continued to fall during the long economic expansion that followed. Ma A. a great number of jobs have been created in the U.S.. B. foreign workers are favored over domestic workers. C. working visa is very hard to be issued to foreign workers. D. many domestic workers will lose their jobs to foreigners. [单项选择]Text 2
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