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
All the recent news on AIDS is bad. The death of Rock Rudson last year raised public concern about the epidemic almost to the po
All the recent news on AIDS is bad. The death of Rock Rudson last year raised public concern about the epidemic almost to the po
admin
2015-06-27
52
问题
All the recent news on AIDS is bad. The death of Rock Rudson last year raised public concern about the epidemic almost to the point of panic. But that reaction subsided for a time as people were reassured about the reliability of new tests for donated blood and the improbability of contracting the disease casually. Now, general concern is focused not so much on personal risk most cases continue to occur in the high-risk groups of male homosexuals and drug addicts — but on the growing realization that this disease is having a deep impact on our society in a number of ways.
It is absorbing financial and other resources. AIDS patients require long-term care in hospitals and outpatient facilities, and the health care systems in such cities as New York and San Francisco are not prepared to handle the demand. Bellevue, a large and respected municipal hospital in New York, devotes one out of every four beds in its department of medicine to AIDS patients. Most are hospitalized for months, and few have any private insurance. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta estimates that hospital expenditures for the first 10,000 AIDS patients (there are now more than 16,000) were about $1.4 billion. The total economic cost to the nation of this group of cases is estimated to come to $ 6 billion in health care, disability, and lost productivity.
Private insurers were unprepared for the crisis since the invariably fatal disease hits primarily young people. Ninety percent of the victims are between 20 and 49 years old. It is becoming increasingly difficult for those in high-risk groups to get health and life assurance, and in the absence of private coverage, public funds must be used. In addition, many of the victims are, for all practical purposes, homeless, rejected by disapproving or frightened friends and family, without employment, and in need of emotional and psychological support. It must be given.
More important, there is bad news on the medical front. In spite of a stepped-up research program there is no sign of an imminent breakthrough to a cure. More than 8, 000 American victims have already died; no one has recovered. The public has also learned that earlier assurances that only 5 to 10 percent of those who have been exposed to the virus will contract the disease were far too optimistic. Researchers have now raised that figure to at least a third. Estimates of expected future cases have, accordingly, been adjusted upward.
A Bellevue doctor reflected the despair of those who deal with AIDS patients every day: "The cost is staggering, the grief is overwhelming, and there is no end in sight. " Yet these physicians and others continue to work and to hope. Others not directly involved can help by giving support to public funding for research, hospital and hospice care, and support services. A public resolve to provide care now and an eventual cure for those who suffer is the best response.
According to the passage, most AIDS patients have to depend on______to pay their hospital expenditure.
选项
A、their health assurance
B、their life assurance
C、their private coverage
D、public fund
答案
D
解析
由第二段第四句Most are hospitalized for months…private insurance和第三段第三句It is becoming increasingly difficult for those in high-risk groups to…public funds must be used可知答案为[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/JFXK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Whatdoesthemanwant?
Fewpeopleexpectluxurywhileflying,butthesedays,eventhebasicsseemtobeinbadshape.It’snotuncommontofindyourt
ThefollowingsecuritymeasureswillbetakenaccordingtotheInteriorMinisterEXCEPTthat
What’stheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?
Whowerethefirstinsurancecontractsdesignedtoprotect?
Whydidn’tchildrengotoschoolalongtimeago?
Humanity’sprimaleffortstosystematizetheconceptsofsize,shapes,andnumberareusuallyregardedastheearliestmathemati
WriteinyourANSWERSHEETONEanoteofabout50-60wordstoafriendofyoursbasedonthefollowinggivensituation:Beforey
Ascientistdoesnotacceptstatementswhicharenotbasedonthemostcompleteevidenceavailable.Instead,healwayschecks,s
InhisplaysShakespeare______hischaracterslivethroughtheirlanguage.(2008年考试真题)
随机试题
Tousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinvented
慢性盆腔炎:闭经、不孕、输卵管碘油造影呈串珠状:
女性,30岁,因面部皮疹,双下肢浮肿2年,尿量减少1周入院。BPl50/90mmHg,尿蛋白定量6.5g/D,RBC满视野,血清ALB26g/L,血肌肝256μmol/L,C3下降,ANA(+),B超双肾稍大
(一)甲公司与乙公司约定,由甲公司向乙公司交付1吨药材,乙公司付款100万元。乙公司将药材转卖给丙公司,并约定由甲公司向丙公司交付,丙公司收货后3日内应向乙支付价款120万元。张某以自有汽车为乙公司的债权提供抵押担保,未办理抵押登记。抵
[2006年,第23题]袋中有5个大小相同的球,其中3个是白球,2个是红球,一次随机地取出3个球,其中恰有2个是白球的概率是()。
项目决策的()是决定工程造价的基础。
施工单位应当在施工组织设计中编制安全技术措施和()。
根据消费税的有关规定,下列纳税人自产自用应税消费品不缴纳消费税的是()。
下列关于我国税收法律级次表述中,正确的有()。
设y=y(x)由方程x=确定,则=_____________.
最新回复
(
0
)