Health care in the US is wellknown but very expensive.Paying the doctor's bill after a major illness oraccident can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In the US,aperson's company,not the government,pays for health insurance.Employers havecontracts with insurance companies,which pay for all or part of employees'

doctors' bills.

The amount that theinsurance company will pay out to a patient differs wildly.It all depends onwhat insurance the employer pays.The less the boss pays to the insurance

company,the more theemployee has to pay the hospital each time he or she gets sick.In 2004,theaverage worker paid an extra $558 a year,according to a San Francisco

report.

The system alsomeans many Americans fall through the cracks（遭遗漏）.In 2004,only 61 percent of the population receivedhealth insurance through their

employers,accordingto the report. The unemployed,self-employed,part-time workers and graduatedstudents with no jobs were not included.

Most USuniversity students have a gap between their last day of school and their firstday on the job.Often,they are no longer protected by their parents' insurancebecause

they are nowconsidered independent adults.They also cannot buy university health insurancebecause they are no longer students.

Another group thatfalls through the gap of the USsystem is international students.All are required to have health insurance andcannot begin their classes without it. But

exact policies（保险单）differ from school to school.

Most universitieswork with health insurance companies and sell their own standard plan forstudents.Often,buying the school plan is required,but luckily it's also cheaper

than buying directlyfrom the insurance company.In the US,a person'scompany buys him or her health insurance.

A.Right

B.Wrong

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