for the next year. Health care has also been in the news as politicians talk about the Affordable Care Act and national insurance programs.
Here are some words you might hear when talking about health care:
- Health insurance: Plan that helps you pay for the cost of health care.
- Dental care plan: Plan that helps pay for the services of a dentist.
- Preferred provider network: Group of doctors and hospitals that a health insurance plan uses; this is usually cheaper than going to a doctor who is not in the network.
- Dependent: someone who lives with you - usually your spouse and children. You can usually get insurance for them with your own plan.
- Copay: Part of the cost of health care that you pay; insurance pays for the rest of the cost.
- Vision care plan: Plan that helps pay for eye exams and glasses.
- Premium: the money you pay for insurance. Sometimes employers help pay this cost.
- Prescription medicine plan: Plan that helps you pay for medicine.
Practice 1
What benefit should they use? (Answers are below)
A. Health insurance B. Vision care plan C. Prescription medicine plan D. Dental care plan
_______ 1. Marta Verdun's daughter is having trouble seeing the board at school.
_______ 2. Todd just visited his doctor. The doctor wants him to start taking a new medicine.
_______ 3. Diane Baker feels terrible. She has a high fever and a sore throat. She needs to see a doctor.
_______ 4. Millie Wong was eating peanuts and broke a tooth. Her tooth really hurts.
More Information
This video explains how health care works in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-58VD3z7ZiQ
Here are some more vocabulary words you might need: https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/esl-for-immigrants-health-care-insurance.html
Practice 1 answers: B, C, A, D
