Public Agenda: First Choice 2004

Test Your Knowledge: Health Care

1. Which accounts for the largest percentage of the nation's personal health care spending?
Prescription drugs
Physician and clinical services
Dental services
Hospital care
Nursing home care

2. What percentage of Americans are without health insurance?
10 percent
15 percent
20 percent
25 percent

3. What percentage of the population is enrolled in HMOs?
12 percent
18 percent
26 percent
32 percent

4. What's the number one cause of death in the U.S.?
Cancer
Heart disease
Stroke
Diabetes

5. What's the average life expectancy?
72 years old
75 years old
77 years old
81 years old

6. Approximately what share of an average health care premium does an employee pay to cover a family of four?
7 percent
17 percent
27 percent
37 percent