SSS 2011-08-16
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
英语课
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Katherine Harmon. Got a minute?
Some 50 million Americans 65 and older currently get help from Medicare. But the program doesn't cover all of the patient's medications. After a patient's annual drug cost hits $2,800, the patient pays the rest of the tab up to another $4,500. Between three and four million people hit this so-called "doughnut hole" each year, usually in mid-August, and don't qualify for low-income assistance.
Advocates for this coverage 1 gap say it encourages people to choose cheaper drugs, but Medicare recipients 2 who hit the doughnut hole and weren't receiving extra help were twice as likely to forgo 3 at least one prescribed drug as those who got additional subsidies 4. And they were actually less likely to switch to cheaper options, such as generics 5. So finds a new study in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine.
The 2010 health reform law reduces the amount Medicare beneficiaries shell out. But with budget debates about scaling back on entitlement programs, drug coverage might take another hit. And those cuts could mean the difference between following doctor's orders and skipping necessary meds.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Katherine Harmon.
n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器
- The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
v.放弃，抛弃
- Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
- She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵，她愿意放弃生日宴请。
n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
- European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
- Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》