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Answers to the Health Care Reform Debate IQ Quiz
September 08, 2009
We created the Health Care Reform Debate IQ quiz to test how much you know about the current debate about health care reform. Here’s the answers!
Don’t cheat! If you haven’t taken the Health Care Reform Debate IQ quiz yet, go take it first!
See answers on the next page…
editor
2 months ago
26 comments
Whoa, thanks for that catch! Don't worry, it was scoring correctly. We just had a small typo in the answers sheet. I've started a discussion about the topic here:
http://adminsecret.monster.com/topics/1079-health-care-reform/posts
Mary_Ralicki
2 months ago
4 comments
The answer to #1 is incorrect, Medicare is for people over 65, not "low income", that is what Medicaid is for!
dorothylcain
2 months ago
82 comments
I agree with Cholik309 and Whorlman. This test should never have been put on the site. It confused you because you have been hearing one thing for so long and when you do the quiz you question if you heard right, ummm. I know I didn't do well, but I feel I wasn't given good and valid questions to work with. Try again.
cholik309
2 months ago
4 comments
Whorlman is EXTREMELY CORRECT! Many of your questions are conflicting or incorrect at best. Many of them have many answers - depending on your view of government care. And - as far as the UK being the cheapest. . . people don't get the care they need. A man having one eye going blind is told he cannot receive treatment in the eye to save it - but has to wait until he loses that eye to receive treatment? That in my opinion is NOT cost effective - and downright cruel. Plus - anyone having to wait months is not keeping the cost down - it's forcing people to forgo care.
ALSO - ANSWER TO QUESTION #1 IS COMPLETELY WRONG. Medicare is for over 65, with a very few exceptions. MEDICAID IS FOR LOW INCOME. Please check your facts.
whorlman
2 months ago
2 comments
First of all, which health care proposal does this test refer to? My understanding is there are several versions still being worked on in various committees. I am concerned about some of the questions asked and the answers given. For example, with question 2, part of the debate is whether or not the public option will become the only choice for people whose employers decide to pay the penalty rather than their employees health insurance. As a result, what is stated in the final bill may not reflect the final outcome. I honestly feel the last question is inflammatory and detracts from health care debate. While that may be a concern to some folks, I'm more concerned about balancing the cost of any package against the well-being of the people. Until a final bill is brought to the floor, I don't see how some of these questions can be definitively answered.