US Health Care and Insurance

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Across
  1. 2. the best patient outcomes relative to the amount of money we as individuals or society are able or willing to pay to stay healthy/recover from an illness
  2. 5. the spending that finances the other 50% of medicaid as well as public health activities and regulations
  3. 8. the spending that finances public health activities and some safety net medical care
  4. 9. the spending that finances medicare and at least 1/2 of Medicaid as well as veteran's administration and health & research/public health training activities
  5. 10. a percentage an insured individual pays for healthcare services after the deductible has been paid or met
  6. 12. acronym that is the broadest quantitative measure of a nation’s total economic activity, representing the monetary value of allgoods and services produced within a nation’s geographic borders over a specified period
  7. 14. when individuals purchase insurance in a group, such as through their employer, which will spread risk among the group members
  8. 16. a problem that deals with moochers; individuals who receive coverage at a low cost but consume a disproportionate amount of health care
  9. 18. the tendency of individuals to be put off from making a choice as alternatives proliferate
  10. 19. when one party knows more than the other party
Down
  1. 1. where one party gets involved in a risky event or behavior knowing that they are protected against the risk and another party will incur the cost
  2. 3. acronym for emerging form of private health insurance that is growing in popularity among employers and employees; type of health plan that affects the deductible but has lower premiums
  3. 4. those health care services that do not benefit paitents
  4. 6. health insurance is the predominant form of health insurance coverage in the United States; insurance through a job
  5. 7. the possibility of a substantial financial loss from some event
  6. 11. a fixed payment amount an insured individual pays for healthcare services after the deductible has been paid or met
  7. 13. excessive or improper use of a thing, or to use something in a manner contrary to the natural or legal rules for its use
  8. 15. wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain
  9. 16. any mechanism that gives people the ability to pay for health care services
  10. 17. a strategy to control health service utilization and costs