Comprehension. Check whether you were correct doing the first exercise

Check whether you were correct doing the first exercise

Answer the questions:

1. Do people in Great Britain have to pay for medical treatment?

2. What is the NHS?

3. What does being on the GP’s list mean to a person?

4. Are GPs trained in any particular subject?

5. How can a person make an appointment with a specialist doctor in the UK/the US?

6. What are Medicaid and Medicare?

7. Why do people buy private health insurance in Great Britain/the US?

8. Can a patient call a doctor out to visit them in Great Britain/the US?

Paraphrase:

1). In general British people do not have to pay for their cure.

2). Therapeutist are trained in general medicine but are not specialists in any particular subject.

3). This means that their name is on the GP's list, and they may have a formal arrangement to see the doctor or may send for the doctor to visit them if they are sick.

4). For anyone who is ill, the cost of treatment is very high.

5). Children are usually taken to a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of children.

6). People always make appointments to see the doctor in the surgery.

7). In a sudden serious and dangerous situation, people call an ambulance.

8). Hospitals must treat emergency patients, even if the patient does not have a special policy.