1. Family doctor, the medical institution (hospital), the USA Public Health Service are the three levels of the Nation's Health Care in the USA. -

2. All Americans have family doctors,*. — ' I v -

3. In the USA there are government-financed and propriety hospitals. 4

4. The financial capability of the USA allows the country to have the most expensive health care system in the world

5. Medicare is a federal program, providing free medical care for the poor and aged, blind and dependent children. ~-

6. The chief scientific problems, facing American medicine differ greatly from the problems of medicine in Ukraine, ^ С¹ * * C.

7. HIV infection is the leading killer of black adults aged 25- 44 years.

1. Make correct sentences by matching the information in 2 lists below.

   1. The Public Health Service A health care to the sick and injured, in the USA is Г

   2. The family doctor fi ^{the most ex}P^{ensive health care}

I system in the world.

3. The hospital provides I £P^rovidinS ^{free medical care for the}

] poor and aged.

4. The United States have Reives Р^аУ directly from the

| patient.

the leading agency in policy to

5. Most of the population ** supply knowledge, facilities and

professionals to the health sector.

6. Medicaid is a program l^have private health insurance.

7. Medicare is a federal | ^providing free medical care for program J aged Americans over 65.

Iljl. Complete the sentences using the information from the text.

1. Health care in the USA is organized in three levels: ... .

2. A family doctor gives his patients ... .

3. The patients are admitted to hospitals or clinics staffed by ... .

4. ... is a leading agency in policy to supply knowledge, facilities and professionals to the health Sector.

5. The United States have the most expensive ... .

6. The great cost of medical care in the country "and a great number of people who could not pay for it had forced ....

7. Children who live near or below the poverty level ... .

   4. Read the text closely and answer the following questions.

      1. In what levels is health care in the USA organized?

      2. What does each level provide?

      3. Is health care system in the USA expensive or cheap?

      4. What forced the federal government to develop such programs as Medicaid and Medicare?

      5. What are the chief causes of suffering and death in the USA today?

      6. What serious problems continue to exist in the USA?

   5. Answer your friend's questions. Use in your answers words and

word combinations given in brackets (work in pairs).

1. What kinds of hospitals are there in America? (government- financed, private hospitals).

2. What is the stuff of hospitals or clinics in America? (consulting physicians, residents, interns, highly skilled nurses, pastoral care).

3. What departments are there at American hospitals? (surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, general medicine, neuro surgery, a renal care unit, a psychiatric unit, an emergency unit).

4. What is Medicaid? (a federal state program, to provide free me­dical care, the poor, the blind, dependent children).

5. What is Medicare? (a federal program, a health insurance program, the elderly and disabled, to provide free medical care, aged Americans).

4. Translate these sentences into Ukrainian.

   1. The federal gc^riiment provides Medicare health insurance for everybody over 65 and for some chronically disabled people.

   2. Some dental benefits are also provided under Medicaid which pro­vides for good basic dental care. k^vmaA

   3. Medicaid insurance is actually good in providing almost 100 per­cent coverage for most medical problems.

   4. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a new type of insurance company.

   5. Insurance company ^a^ for all medical care for a set fee which is paid at the beginning of the year.

   6. A start for medical care (federal health insurance for senior citizens) was made in 1984 and came up with 486 diagnostically related groups.i^c^ ^рц

   7. Faithful work is being done by various associations for the promo­tion of public health.