1. Translate the text into Russian using the attached vocabulary list.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What does registration with a GP depend on?

2. Who can receive free physician and hospital services in Great Britain?

3. What is the difference between hospitals and health centres?

4. Who medical services are provided by in health centres? Do they charge for their services?

5. What does the speed of in-patient admission depend on?

6. How can patients get access to hospital services?

7. Does the NHS bill for its services?

8. Are foreign visitors to the UK charged for emergency NHS treatment?

9. What way are NHS patients charged through dental practices?

10. Can private hospitals provide accident and emergency services in Great Britain?

11. Which government health care program guarantees that all citizens have access to health care in the USA?

12. What do employers usually do according to insurance plans?

13. When do individuals bear more of the cost visiting a medical facility?

14. What do most Americans rely on when choosing health care providers?

15. How is health coverage provided by HMOs different from that one of PPOs?

16. What is the use of keeping any unused balance or "rollover" at the end of the year?

17. What are the advantages of ‘consumer driven health care’ system in the USA?

3. A) Give synonyms:

Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs

Expenditure permanent deal with largely

Contract public fund generally

Area universal dominate publicly

Facilities eligible choose fast

b) Give antonyms:

Out-patient primary reject exclusively

The young local separate substantially

Income available include directly

Expenses individual restrict often

IV. Choose a word or a word combination from the vocabulary of the text to match

each of the following definitions:

1. The department of a hospital that provides immediate treatment for acute

illnesses and trauma.

2. It is a federal-state entitlement program for low-income citizens of the United States.

3. They are qualified doctors who provide primary healthcare for patients and make referrals to services as necessary, whether for tests or treatments.

4. It is a managed care organization which covers health care delivered by either in-

network or out-of-network providers, but the enrollee's cost is higher when using out-

of-network providers.

5. A patient who is admitted to a bed in a hospital ward and remains there for a

period of time for treatment, examination, or observation.

5. A national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65

and over and the disabled.

7. It is a tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers

in the United States who are enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (the funds

contributed to the account roll over and accumulate year over year if not spent).

8. A patient who receives treatment at a hospital but is not admitted to a bed in a

hospital ward. Large hospitals have clinics at which out-patients can be given

specialist treatment.

9. It is a managed care organization in which health care is covered only

for services delivered by providers in the network according to their contracts.