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Healthcare: who pays when you are ill

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 20 of the politics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓

Oliver in Glasgow: "broke ma arm, got a wee cast, and naebody asked for a penny!" His American cousin says "so it's totally free??" What is true?

  • 1. It is paid by taxes in advance, so it is free when you use it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. Only Scots pay double later on, when they grow up — no support
  • 3. The hospital simply forgot to send the bill this time — no support
  • 4. Doctors in Scotland work for nothing, because they love the job — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 1: «You break your arm at football. Someone has to pay the X-ray, the cast and the doctor's time. The big question is who, and when: you at the hospital desk, an i…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3); the same thing acted on «x ray» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

Hannah's gran in Wales has waited over a year for a hip operation. "It's not lush, is it," she says (lush = lovely). What would happen if the NHS had more staff and beds?

  • 1. Waiting lists would get even longer, because more staff means more paperwork — score 0
  • 2. Hips would heal by themselves without any operation — no support
  • 3. Everyone would have to start paying for every visit to a doctor — no support
  • 4. Waiting lists could get shorter, though some say better organisation matters too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 8: «Some say the NHS needs much more money; others say it needs big changes and more help from private companies, and some worry that this takes staff away.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «some» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«twisted my ankle at soccer, mom's on the phone like "is this covered??" adulting is wild» (adulting = grown-up tasks). Why does his mom ask?

  • 1. She wants a discount on sweets from the shop — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Insurance pays part of US bills, so she checks what it covers — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The insurance company is the doctor who will treat him — no support
  • 4. Hospitals in Ohio are always free, so she is just being polite — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Kai's aunt says "Obamacare saved me"; his uncle is salty because his costs went up (salty = annoyed). What is the best way to see it?

  • 1. The same law can help one person and cost another, so both stories are real — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Only the uncle can be telling the truth — no support
  • 3. Only the aunt can be telling the truth, because laws only ever help people — no support
  • 4. The law has never been used by anyone — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

In the arvo (afternoon), Aroha's Aussie cousin waves a green card: "Medicare, so the doc costs less." Who pays for that?

  • 1. The doctor, out of her own pocket — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Australian taxpayers, through the public system — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Nobody, because doctors' visits cost nothing to run — score 5
  • 4. A US insurance company, through her card — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 20, line 4: «That is why people argue: about more money or better organisation, about public or private help, about who pays which share. Even doctors and nurses sometimes…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «doctors» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Ethan's grandpa in Toronto paid nothing for heart surgery, but his mum waited months for a knee specialist. What does this show?

  • 1. Canada charges for heart surgery but not for knees — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Knees are not covered by any health system anywhere — no support
  • 3. Specialists in Canada are free and you can always see them on the same day — no support
  • 4. Free care for everyone and fast care for everyone are hard to do at once — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Chloe in Cardiff: "We don't pay for prescriptions." Her English friend's mum did pay. Who is right?

  • 1. Neither, because nobody pays for prescriptions anywhere — no support
  • 2. Both: Wales made a different rule from England — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Only Chloe, because prescriptions are free in England too — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. Only the friend, because Wales charges more than England does — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 14: «In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland prescriptions are free for everyone; in England most adults pay a set charge, but children, older people and some other…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «prescriptions» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

«rang 12 dentists, none take NHS, gonna have to go private, gutted» What was reported about this?

  • 1. Many parts of England had very few NHS dentists taking new patients — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. NHS dentists only treat adults and never children — no support
  • 3. Dentists in England closed for good — no support
  • 4. All private dentists are free, so going private costs nothing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 16: «It was reported that in many parts of England it became very hard to find an NHS dentist taking new patients, so some people paid privately and some went witho…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «nhs dentist» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Amira's dad sees doctors holding signs saying "Pay restoration": "Even doctors strike?" What are they asking for?

  • 1. An end to A&E so that they can work fewer nights — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Shorter hospital corridors and smaller car parks — no support
  • 3. Pay brought back up to what it was worth in the past — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Free sweets and drinks for every patient on the ward — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Oisin in Dublin: "grand, the young one's ear infection cost nothing, but Mam paid when I went!" (grand = fine). What explains it?

  • 1. Oisin's GP was a tourist, so he did not charge — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. Free GP visits were extended to young children — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. GP visits became free for every person in Ireland — no support
  • 4. Ear infections are always free to treat, wherever you live — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 4: «That is why people argue: about more money or better organisation, about public or private help, about who pays which share. Even doctors and nurses sometimes…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «doctors» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A clever riddle: Country A pays all care from taxes; Country B leaves it to private insurance. Which problem is each most likely to argue about?

  • 1. Both of them argue only about the weather — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Neither has any arguments, because both systems work perfectly — no support
  • 3. A about big bills for people without cover, B about long waiting lists — no support
  • 4. A about waiting lists, B about big bills for people without cover — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · right ✓

"Healthcare should be totally free AND super fast AND cost no taxes" says a mate. What is the flaw?

  • 1. Healthcare costs nothing to run, so there is no flaw — no support
  • 2. Taxes do not pay for hospitals; hospitals pay for themselves by selling medicine — score 6
  • 3. Free care is paid for by taxes, and fast care needs enough staff and money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
  • 4. Doctors never need paying, because they work for free — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 8: «Some say the NHS needs much more money; others say it needs big changes and more help from private companies, and some worry that this takes staff away.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «more money» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the year in which the National Health Service of the United Kingdom was established.

  • 1. Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Two thousand and ten — no support
  • 3. Nineteen hundred and forty-eight — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Nineteen hundred and eighteen — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle "free at the point of use"?

  • 1. Care is provided without charge at the time of treatment, the cost having been met in advance through taxation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Practitioners provide care without receiving remuneration, the service being entirely voluntary — no support
  • 3. Care is provided without charge to visitors only, whereas residents pay in full at the time of treatment — no support
  • 4. The production of medicine incurs no cost to any party — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 in respect of persons already suffering from an illness.

  • 1. Insurers are permitted to refuse cover to all such persons without explanation — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Insurers are required to provide cover notwithstanding a pre-existing condition — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Such persons are excluded from all hospitals — no support
  • 4. Such persons are obliged to pay double premiums — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Whereas prescriptions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are dispensed without charge, determine the arrangement which applies to most adults in England.

  • 1. Prescriptions are unavailable in England — no support
  • 2. Only children in England are required to pay — no support
  • 3. Most adults pay a fixed charge, whereas children and certain other groups are exempt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. All persons in England receive prescriptions without charge, irrespective of age or circumstance — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 14: «In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland prescriptions are free for everyone; in England most adults pay a set charge, but children, older people and some other…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «most adults» (+3); the same thing acted on «set charge» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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