In theory, how does the use of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) help to control health-care costs?

What will be an ideal response?

HMOs control costs by having participants prepay for their medical care rather than pay for each individual service. Under this situation, there is less of an incentive to prescribe costly procedures. They promote more cost-effective strategies.

Political Science

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Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the national debt as a percentage of GDP?

a. It has not changed over the past twenty years. b. It is the highest it has ever been. c. It is declining but it is still at the historic high. d. It is rising but it is still lower than the historic high.

Political Science

The concept in which there is only one view expressed by leaders is called

a. the mainstream effect. b. the butterfly effect. c. dogmatic ideology. d. latent public opinion.

Political Science