Answer to Question #92357 in Microeconomics for aberee

Question

True/false: explain, please
A. The Bismarck Model in Germany controls costs by reducing health insurance choice.

B. The health care system in the U.S. and the Bismarck Model in Germany both rely mostly on private physicians to deliver care

Answer 1

A. The Bismarck Model in Germany controls costs by reducing health insurance choice.

FALSE. The Bismarck model uses an insurance system and is usually financed jointly by employers and employees through payroll deduction. 

B. The health care system in the U.S. and the Bismarck Model in Germany both rely mostly on private physicians to deliver care

FALSE. Most of the physicians in public health care institutions in both Germany and the U.S are public and paid by their respective governments.