Упр.3 Юнит 5 Урок 2 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс

1. Facts:

• The USA is one of the most developed countries in the world, but it does not provide health care for all.
• Medical care is not free, but many hospitals provide some free or low-cost care for those who cannot pay.
• The USA has no public health service, so most people have private health insurance.
• America with its private insurance-based system spends 14% of GDP on health. Britain with its state-funded NHS spends only 7%.
• There are people who receive medical care through social programmes: Medicare and Medicaid.
• Self-employed private physicians receive a fee for each patient’s visit, but some medical doctors are on a salary.

Opinions:

• I think that in many ways it is a wonderful system, but in many other ways it is a catastrophe.
• They say that when the world’s rich want the best treatment money can buy, they usually go to the USA.
• Small wonder, most new medical techniques and technologies become available in America before anywhere else.

2. These facts and opinions show that the US medical care service is advanced and expensive, but at the same time unequal and not available to everyone. It is often considered one of the best systems in the world, yet many people cannot get free health care.

Grammar in focus:

Despite and in spite of are followed by a noun, pronoun, V-ing form or the fact that. Because of is followed by a noun or pronoun.

For example: Despite being one of the most developed countries in the world, the USA does not provide health care for all.