医学人文英语教程答案(5)

Language Focus 1. Compliance；

2. disparity；

3. prescribe；

4. maneuver；

5. commonplace；

6. underserved；

7. reconcile；

8. fragments；

9. plight；

10. invasive.

1. Many other Americans are denied insurance due to previous illnesses or conditions that

insurance companies decide are too risky or expensive to cover.

2. Health care reform will reduce our deficit by more than $100 billion over the next decade and

more than $1 trillion in the decade after that. So this isn’t radical reform. But it is major reform.

3. An estimated eighty-three percent of people under age sixty-five who are in the United States

legally now have insurance coverage.

4. This year the law will start closing what is known as "the doughnut hole." That is a lack of

Medicare coverage for some drug costs for older Americans.

5. President Obama promised senior citizens that the health care reform will not cut their

guaranteed benefits.

Text B 1－4（略）

5. ①The SARS epidemic and rising public discontent generated the political will to fundamentally reform the system, including a partial resumption of central management of public-health services and a major reallocation of central resources to address inequities in health. ②The outcome of these post-SARS reforms remains uncertain, but there are reasons for optimism.(a) Central funding is supporting the re-introduction of a New Cooperative Medical System in rural areas and a parallel programme for the uninsured in urban areas that plans to achieve universal coverage by 2020. (b) China can accomplish in health care reform. The exemplary national monitoring system for infectious diseases implemented after the SARS epidemic (which provides real-time reports of cases across the country) and the effective public-health response to the earthquake in Sichuan are examples

6. The most important task ahead is to focus attention and resources on improving the quality, comprehensiveness, and cost-effectiveness of services.

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