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Healthcare Access: Questions

1. Which North Carolina populations are losing access to healthcare? 
   1. People who cannot afford health insurance.
   2. People who have lost their jobs.
   3. People who have lost their publicly funded medical benefits.
   4. All of the above
      
      
2. According to the State Center for Health Statistics, how many people out of 100 did not have health insurance coverage in 2002?
   1. 5 people 
   2. 10 people
   3. 19 people
   4. 25 people

3. People who are self employed must have health insurance.  
1. True
2. False

4. More than 50% of free clinic patients work at least one job and many work two. (According to a March/April 2005 issue of North Carolina Medical Journal):
1. True.
2. False

5. What percentage of the Hispanic population in North Carolina are not insured?
1. 5%
2. 15%
3. 50%
4. 75%

6. What ethnic population is the largest North Carolina population without insurance? 
1. Native American
2. Hispanic
3. Chinese
4. Caucasian
5. Black

7. It is less expensive for the state to treat people in hospital emergency rooms than in physician offices.
1. True
2. False
   
   
8. North Carolina is what rank nationally regarding infant mortality, an indicator of the quality of healthcare access (according to panelists in the HealthWise program)?
1. 10^th in the nation where 9 other states have fewer infant mortality cases
2. 27^th where 26 other states have fewer infant mortality cases.
3. 49^th where only 1 state has fewer infant mortality cases.

9. North Carolina is what rank nationally regarding life expectancy (according to panelists in the HealthWise program)?
1. 10^th
2. 17^th
3. 20^th
4. 34^th

10.  North Carolina counties cannot do anything without the Federal government to improve access to healthcare.
1. True 
2. False

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