"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] When was the US Department of Health, Education & Welfare created?<fb>Remarkably late by international standards</fb>
{
	1900
	1924
	1940
	1945
	=1953
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which group was the 1965 Medicare program aimed at?<fb>Information in the text</fb>
{
	Children
	=Elderly people
	War veterans
	Unemployed persons
	Health service employees
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Aid to Families with Dependent Children, a federal program...<fb>Only this answer is correct; information in the text.</fb>
{
	Was set up in 1944
	Was set up in 1964
	Was set up in 1996
	=Was abolished in 1996
	Was massively increased in 1996
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Roughly how many Americans live below the poverty line?<fb>A staggering figure; information in the text</fb>
{
	21.7 million
	28.5 million
	31.3 million
	39.2 million
	=43.6 million
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What % of Americans are covered by private sector health insurance?<fb>Information in the text</fb>
{
	0.14
	0.64
	0.74
	=0.84
	0.94
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What will happen to those US citizens who do not comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)?<fb>Only B applies under the Act but the Supreme Court ruling is that this individual mandate should be treated as a tax.</fb>
{
	They will be refused medical treatment
	=They may be fined
	They may face jail sentences
	They could lose their citizenship      
	They will have their taxes increased
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What % of Gross Domestic Product is spent on the various categories of healthcare in the US?<fb></fb>
{
	12.2
	=16.2
	22.2
	25.2
	30.2
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Where does the World Health Organization rank the US for the quality of its health performance (out of 191 countries)?<fb>Information from the 2001 WHO figures</fb>
{
	6
	14
	25
	31
	=37
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] In 1987 US life expectancy was ranked 11th in the world tables. What has happened to it since?<fb>US Census Bureau 2007</fb>
{
	It’s now ranked 4th
	It’s still ranked 11th
	It’s now ranked 18th 
	=It’s now ranked 42nd
	It’s now ranked 58th
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What has happened to US home ownership rates since 2008?<fb>D could well be true but the statistical evidence makes A the only possible answer</fb>
{
	=They have declined
	They have remained stable
	They have increased marginally
	They have increased considerably
	They have risen in the more affluent states    
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What is the chief function of the Department of Housing and Urban Development?<fb>Information in the text</fb>
{
	Slum clearance       
	Financing house construction
	Building houses in urban areas
	Developing inner city areas
	=Providing funding for building homes for low-income and needy people
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which states have the largest numbers of homeless people?<fb>Statistics in the text</fb>
{
	=California
	Louisiana
	Maine
	=New York
	South Carolina
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] How have public attitudes evolved toward funding healthcare improvements?<fb>The findings indicate C. The question is about public attitudes; not just those of the medical profession.</fb>
{
	They remain largely unchanged
	They have hardened considerably
	=Individuals now seem willing to pay higher taxes for a better and reformed system      
	There is still strong public opposition to any further tax rises to fund improvements      
	The medical profession favors changes and improved financial provision      
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What is an “individual mandate”?<fb>As defined in the context of the Supreme Court ruling</fb>
{
	=A legal requirement
	An individual decision       
	An instruction under state law
	An order for services      
	A requirement for the state to provide medical services      
}"