Health Care in the USA

1. Read and learn the words by heart:

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

private doctor	Частный врач
Resident	врач-стажёр (проходящий последипломную клиническую подготовку после интернатуры)
to inoculate	делать прививку
inoculation	Прививка
consulting physician	врач-консультант
dsability	нетрудоспособность, инвалидность
the disabled	Инвалиды
retirement benefits	пенсионные выплаты
emergency unit	Отделение неотложной помощи
the injured	пострадавшие, раненые
the blind	незрячие, слепые
Medicare	правительственная программа, предусматривающая частичную оплату медицинского обслуживания престарелым за счет страхования, остальную часть – за счет государства
Medicaid	социальная правительственная программа, обеспечивающая бесплатное медицинское обслуживание беднякам и инвалидам
dependent children	несовершеннолетние дети
the aged (syn. the elderly)	пожилые, старые люди
Stroke	инсульт
mental diseases	психические заболевания
drug addiction	пристрастие к наркотикам, наркомания
staff	штат
Trauma	Травма
insurance	Страхование
to regard	касаться, иметь отношение
employee (employe (амер.))	Служащий; работающий по найму
Cost	цена, стоимость
to force smb to do smth	вынудить (кого-л.) сделать что-л.
Income	Доход
Expense	трата, расход

2. Translate the word combinations with the given key-words:

private: private doctors; private medical practice; private patients; private treatment; private insurance companies

hospital: government-financed hospital; hospital facilities; private hospitals

provide: provided; provides; to provide primary medical care; to provide health care to the sick and injured; to provide free medical care

consult: consults; consulted; consulting; consulting physician; consulting hours; consultation centre; consulting room

3. Read and translate:

medical examination, regular inoculation, directly, necessary, treatment, important, personal, psychiatric, insurance, employment, scientific, cardiovascular, mental

4. Match Russian and English equivalents:

1) the level of the family doctor	a) это заставило федеральное правительство разработать две программы по страхованию здоровья
2) to give inoculations	b) делать прививки
3) hospital’s facilities	c) основные отделения
4) health care to the sick and injured	d) на протяжении всего пребывания пациентов в больнице
5) throughout the patients’ stay in the hospital	e) уровень семейного врача
6) major departments	f) малоимущие
7) disability insurance	g) больничное оборудование
8) it forced the federal government to develop two health insurance programs	h) страхование по инвалидности
9) low-income people;	i) медицинская помощь больным и пострадавшим
10) providing free medical care	j) обеспечивающий бесплатную медицинскую помощь

5. Read and translate the following word-combinations:

directly from the patient, own private office, government-financed hospitals, clinics staffed by consulting physicians, intensive care unit, health insurance, continued illness, place of employment, maternal and child health care, retirement benefits, great cost of medical care

6. Translate the following sentences:

1. In recent times, the federal government has employed several different tactics in its attempt to safeguard public health. 2. Vast sums were also poured into new hospital’s facilities. 3. The most significant contributions the government makes to health care, at least in dollars, are the Medicare and Medicaid programs. 4. Medicare assists the elderly and disabled; Medicaid helps the poor. 5. Patients may choose the doctor they wish, provided only that he is enrolled in the Service (при условии, что он состоит на государственной службе) and that he agrees to attend them. 6. It a serious illness develops or diagnosis is difficult the whole team of health professionals come into action. 7. There are both government-financed and private hospitals in the USA. 8. The emergency patients are provided with free medical care. 9. Hospitals and clinics are staffed by consulting physicians, residents, interns and highly skilled nurses. 10. Consulting hours are by appointment in the consulting rooms.