The Crisis in the U

Multiple Choice

The crisis in the U.S.health care system may be summarized as

A) too many people require treatment, and there are too few health care professionals.
B) the health care system has not responded to meet the needs created by changing patterns of illness during the 20th century.
C) patients have become reliant on drugs and surgery and are reluctant to change their behaviors to achieve better health.
D) lawmakers do not understand the problems faced by the health care system, and the resulting laws that control health care expenditures restrain competition and actually increase costs.