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.