WGU C425 OA FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔The ideology system that emphasizes the well-being of the community over an
individual is called the:
social justice system.
market justice system.
money market system.
universal health care system. - ✔✔social justice system.
✔✔Which of the following are characteristics of the medical care determinants of
health?
Health care factors include access to technology but do not include access to
alternative therapies.
Mental health services are excluded from the WHO's primary health care framework.
Whereas some services (preventive and primary care) contribute to general health
status, others are more influential in end-of-life situations (hospice and long-term care).
The medical system is highly coordinated so that throughout the phases of their lives
patients are rarely faced with poor continuity of care. - ✔✔Whereas some services
(preventive and primary care) contribute to general health status, others are more
influential in end-of-life situations (hospice and long-term care).
✔✔Which of the following has been the primary factor that has shielded the U.S. health
care system from a major overhaul?
Beliefs and values
Science and technology
Social factors
Economic forces - ✔✔Beliefs and values
✔✔What is the purpose of a stop-loss provision in a health insurance plan?
It limits total out-of-pocket costs.
It ensures that the provider will not suffer a loss.
It protects the insurance underwriter.
It excludes certain types of risks from coverage. - ✔✔It limits total out-of-pocket costs.
✔✔Which of the following describes access to care?
It is distinguished from acceptability of services.
It is rarely predicted by race or income.
It is often predicted by income and occupation.
Access for disadvantaged populations was absent from legislative history until the ACA.
- ✔✔It is often predicted by income and occupation.
✔✔Accountable care organizations are:
focused on reducing medical malpractice.
, designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
known for increasing health expenditures and sometimes reducing quality.
designed to improve access to care for children and pregnant women. - ✔✔designed to
help increase cooperation between providers across various health care settings to
improve Medicare patient outcomes.
✔✔How does health care policy-making operate in the United States?
Incrementally
Large changes at a time
Exactly every 10 years
Starts in the western states and moves east - ✔✔Incrementally
✔✔What two main concerns dominate the debate today over Medicare reform policy?
Decrease spending; provide comprehensive coverage
Provide comprehensive coverage; raise the age limit
Decrease spending; cover children
Increase spending; decrease nursing home coverage - ✔✔Decrease spending; provide
comprehensive coverage
✔✔How was the Medicare PPS system designed to curb escalating health care costs?
By providing a general fee schedule for services
By providing children tax breaks
By providing extensive coverage to the elderly
By eliminating sales taxes on health care products - ✔✔By providing a general fee
schedule for services
✔✔A job description for a physician would be to:
determine the significance of a patient's health condition.
only prescribe medications to patients.
refer commonly occurring conditions to specialists.
dispense medications. - ✔✔determine the significance of a patient's health condition.
✔✔A specialist must:
work in a hospital.
gain certification in an area of medical specialization.
attend only medical school.
serve as a gatekeeper to contain costs. - ✔✔gain certification in an area of medical
specialization.
✔✔Studies have shown that NPP services can:
improve access to primary care.
be cost-prohibitive.
provide mediocre services at a less expensive price.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔The ideology system that emphasizes the well-being of the community over an
individual is called the:
social justice system.
market justice system.
money market system.
universal health care system. - ✔✔social justice system.
✔✔Which of the following are characteristics of the medical care determinants of
health?
Health care factors include access to technology but do not include access to
alternative therapies.
Mental health services are excluded from the WHO's primary health care framework.
Whereas some services (preventive and primary care) contribute to general health
status, others are more influential in end-of-life situations (hospice and long-term care).
The medical system is highly coordinated so that throughout the phases of their lives
patients are rarely faced with poor continuity of care. - ✔✔Whereas some services
(preventive and primary care) contribute to general health status, others are more
influential in end-of-life situations (hospice and long-term care).
✔✔Which of the following has been the primary factor that has shielded the U.S. health
care system from a major overhaul?
Beliefs and values
Science and technology
Social factors
Economic forces - ✔✔Beliefs and values
✔✔What is the purpose of a stop-loss provision in a health insurance plan?
It limits total out-of-pocket costs.
It ensures that the provider will not suffer a loss.
It protects the insurance underwriter.
It excludes certain types of risks from coverage. - ✔✔It limits total out-of-pocket costs.
✔✔Which of the following describes access to care?
It is distinguished from acceptability of services.
It is rarely predicted by race or income.
It is often predicted by income and occupation.
Access for disadvantaged populations was absent from legislative history until the ACA.
- ✔✔It is often predicted by income and occupation.
✔✔Accountable care organizations are:
focused on reducing medical malpractice.
, designed to help increase cooperation between providers across various health care
settings to improve Medicare patient outcomes.
known for increasing health expenditures and sometimes reducing quality.
designed to improve access to care for children and pregnant women. - ✔✔designed to
help increase cooperation between providers across various health care settings to
improve Medicare patient outcomes.
✔✔How does health care policy-making operate in the United States?
Incrementally
Large changes at a time
Exactly every 10 years
Starts in the western states and moves east - ✔✔Incrementally
✔✔What two main concerns dominate the debate today over Medicare reform policy?
Decrease spending; provide comprehensive coverage
Provide comprehensive coverage; raise the age limit
Decrease spending; cover children
Increase spending; decrease nursing home coverage - ✔✔Decrease spending; provide
comprehensive coverage
✔✔How was the Medicare PPS system designed to curb escalating health care costs?
By providing a general fee schedule for services
By providing children tax breaks
By providing extensive coverage to the elderly
By eliminating sales taxes on health care products - ✔✔By providing a general fee
schedule for services
✔✔A job description for a physician would be to:
determine the significance of a patient's health condition.
only prescribe medications to patients.
refer commonly occurring conditions to specialists.
dispense medications. - ✔✔determine the significance of a patient's health condition.
✔✔A specialist must:
work in a hospital.
gain certification in an area of medical specialization.
attend only medical school.
serve as a gatekeeper to contain costs. - ✔✔gain certification in an area of medical
specialization.
✔✔Studies have shown that NPP services can:
improve access to primary care.
be cost-prohibitive.
provide mediocre services at a less expensive price.
