首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The new US health-insurance rules are designed to help those caught in Medicare’s "doughnut hole", offer seniors more preventati
The new US health-insurance rules are designed to help those caught in Medicare’s "doughnut hole", offer seniors more preventati
admin
2012-07-05
64
问题
The new US health-insurance rules are designed to help those caught in Medicare’s "doughnut hole", offer seniors more preventative (预防性的) care, and limit how much of their customers’ money health-insurance companies can keep for overhead and profit.
The new rules include:
A provision that limits what health insurers can do with the money their customers send in as premiums (保险金).
The rule requires that insurers spend at least 80 percent of this money on the customers themselves. The companies must either spend this money to pay insurance claims or use it for activities that improve customers’ health.
For policies that are sold to large groups instead of small companies and individuals, the number is even higher: 85percent. The remaining 15 or 20 percent of the money can be used for a company’s salaries, marketing and overhead—or kept as profit.
Previously, there was no federal restrictions on insurance companies’ spending. The federal government says some insurers kept 30 or even50percent. Insurance companies say this could cause them to cut back on the services they offer, or even pull out of states where administrative costs are higher. State officials also worry that the companies might cut the fees they pay to insurance brokers. That, they fear, would eliminate key middlemen who help individuals navigate a complicated insurance system.
A provision that provides prescription-drug discounts for seniors in Medicare’s "doughnut hole".
The doughnut hole is a controversial gap in the Medicare prescription-drug benefit passed in 2003. In 2010, for instance, Medicare paid for part of the cost of drugs, until the total cost of the drugs hit $ 2 830.
After that, seniors were responsible for 100 percent of the cost of their drugs, until they had spent $ 3 610 of their own money. That was the other side of the doughnut hole, and federal insurance kicked in again. This provision will give Medicare recipients stuck in the doughnut hole a 50 percent discount on the price of brand-name prescription drugs. Health-care activists are worried, however, that drugmakers will jack up their prices. In that case, customers would receive 50 percent off that higher number, which might not be much less than what they were paying before.
Insurers should spend 85% of the premiums on customers themselves of______.
选项
A、the individuals
B、large groups
C、small companies
D、the customers
答案
B
解析
语义理解题。此句讲述了保险公司针对大型保险团体而不是小型保险团体或个人,将高达85%的保费用于投保人。此题需要理解两个地方,一是be sold to后表示那些买保险的大型团体,另一处是instead of表示“不是……而是……”,故答案为B)“大型保险团体”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4Q57777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Somepeoplearecontenttolimittheirinvestmentprogramstosuchsafeinvestmentsassavingsaccountsandsavingsbonds.They
Lowspeedbicyclecrashescanbadlyinjure—orevenkill—childreniftheyfallontotheendsofthehandlebars.Soateamofengi
Inthislight,ifwecan____________(善用时间),therecansurelybenodoubtthatwewillgetsomewhere.
Mostchildrenwithhealthyappetitesarereadytoeatalmostanythingthatisofferedthemandachildrarelydislikesfood【C1】_
A、Gotodinner.B、Visithersister.C、GotoHawaii.D、Gototheairport.D行为活动题。男士邀请女士今晚一同进餐,女士先表示感谢,然后说她已答应要把她妈妈送到机场。答案就在but后面的
TheLibraryofCongressisAmerica’snationallibrary.Ithasmillionsofbooksandotherobjects.Ithasnewspapers,【B1】______p
Allthatwereallyneedtoplotoutthefutureofoaruniverseareafewgoodmeasurements.Thisdoesnotmeanthatwecansitd
Thedifferencebetweenaliquidandagasisobvious【C1】______theconditionsoftemperatureandpressurecommonlyfound【C2】_____
A、Thedesignofstamps.B、Thecolorofstamps.C、Thewordsonmanystamps.D、Thesizeofthestamps.C细节题。答案是对原文Heaccidentally
Inpolicework,youcanneverpredictthenextcrimeorproblem.Noworkingdayisidenticaltoanyother,sothereisno"【B1】__
随机试题
简述森林群落对水分的影响。
不属于六腑脏器的是
某高速公路沥青路面施工阶段,因B合同段运输路面材料的道路被当地村民挖断,为了工期不延误,材料只能从A合同快完工的一段路上运进B合同段材料。为此,业主召开两合同段开会,要求A合同段调整施工安排,于7月30日前完成该段施工。8月1日起,B合同段从该段路运进材料
(2015·广西)当班集体成为教育主体、学生个性特长在班级中得到充分发展,此时班集体处于()
对警察基本职能之间关系理解正确的有()。
中国特色社会主义理论体系的精髓是()。
秦始皇秦朝定都在哪里?
太阳直射南回归线,下列说法正确的是()。
(2016年单选3)甲挪用公款炒股亏损无力归还,被检察机关以贪污罪起诉,人民法院依法认定甲的行为构成挪用公款罪。人民法院对本案罪名的变更实现了刑法的()。
Hearingthegunshot,allthebirdsflew______everydirection.
最新回复
(
0
)