Question
A 2022 Times investigation of these businesses noted that treating an ear infection here was 5 times cheaper than in an ER. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these businesses like Concentra and MedExpress that typically offer onsite X-ray and labs, but are staffed by nurse practitioners rather than physicians.
ANSWER: urgent care clinics [or UCC; accept urgent treatment center; prompt on clinics or walk-in clinics]
[10e] This 2010 healthcare bill’s requirement that insurance plans cover emergencies led to an increase in urgent care clinic usage.
ANSWER: Affordable Care Act [or ACA; or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; accept Obamacare]
[10h] The Kaiser Family Foundation found that urgent care clinics fill gaps in this Medicare program’s coverage. This program, which is one of the four main parts of Medicare along with inpatient, outpatient, and prescription drug coverage, provides payments to private-sector health insurers.
ANSWER: Medicare Advantage [or Medicare Part C]
<Michael Bentley, Current Events - U.S.> ~20259~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 34 | 13.82 | 79% | 53% | 6% |
Data
| Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Barrington B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Lake Highland | Belvidere | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas County | Canyon Crest | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Carbondale | Carl Sandburg | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Mexico | Chattahoochee B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mercer County | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Moberly | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit Country Day | Richard Montgomery | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Dunbar | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Heights | New Brighton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hinsdale Central | Irvington A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hunter B | Rockford Auburn B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| John Adams A | Norman | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northmont B | John Adams B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Belmont | Johns Creek A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Creek B | Lincoln-Way East | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Midtown | Maggie Walker C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norris | Hoover B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winnebago | Northmont A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Plymouth | Mira Loma | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Woodland | Rockford Auburn A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maggie Walker B | Saint Joseph | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maggie Walker A | St. Mark's | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stevenson A | Parkway West | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| West Point | Stevenson B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Troy | William Fremd | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| University Lab | Solon | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall | Walter Payton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Catholic Central C | Waukee | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Kinkaid | Winston Churchill A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Winston Churchill B | Innovation Academy A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |