1. Complete the sentences using active vocabulary.

   1. The country soon realized that health care resources were not suf­ficiently ....

   2. ... remained a major weakness of the health care system.

   3. With the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid the United States also took actions ....

   4. The most fundamental challenge is ... .

   5. The third challenge is to control ....

2. Read the text and say whether the following statements are

true.

1. If one wants to improve the quality of health care, he must increase health resources.

2. The increased health resources guarantee the access of all groups of the population to health care.

3. The financial capability of the USA allows the country to have the most expensive healthcare system in the world.

4. At least 5 challenges confront health care system in the USA.

5. Housing, minimum decent income, food, education, good social and physical environment are the factors which help to improve health of the nation,

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

   1. What actions did the USA take to improve health care?

   2. What difficulties does health care system in the USA have?

   3. What is the most fundamental challenge confronting health care system in the USA?

   4. What will be improved with providing information systems capa­ble of monitoring the cost and effectiveness of health services?

   5. Does the health care sector resist to fundamental changes in the health care system of the country? Prove it.

   6. Is it useful for the health of the nation when the part of resources liberated from health care is transferred to the sectors that can contribute to health?

2. Ask another student.

   1. about the actions of the USA to improve the health care system;

   2. about the problems facing health care of the USA at present;

   3. about the challenges confronting health care system in the USA.

3. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the use

of the Passive Voice.

1. A new procedure has been introduced for the treatment of elevat­ed blood pressure.

2. The relief of headache in the hypertensia has been used as a crite­rion for a good result in treatment.

3. Many intensive care units have been established in hospitals to care the patients in extreme state.

4. Vasious risk factors have been identified that increase the likeli­hood for ulcer development.

5. Disease incidence has been considerably reduced by recent intro­duction some efficient drugs into clinical practice.

6. Some rare complications such as myocarditis, parotitis and glomerulonephritis have been described in the convalescent stage of influenza.

1. Use the following statements as a plan for text rendering.

   1. Development of health resources.

A main aim of Clinton's health care reform.