Part B
参考答案 ECGFB
Canada’s premiers (the leaders of provincial government), if they have any breath left after complaining about Ottawa at their late July annual meeting, might spare a moment to do something, to reduce health-care costs.
作者说加拿大的各省总理可以花点时间来做一些关于卫生保健花费方面的事情。(Ottawa
是加拿大首都,这里指加拿大联邦政府)。本文讨论
的主题应该是health-care costs,
而且可以预测这个costs
应该是比较高,
各方试图去解决。
They’re all groaning about soaring health budgets, the fastest-growing components of which are
pharmaceutical costs.
果然第二段讲了health budgets = health-care costs
在猛烈上升( soaring),
卫生预算方面增长最快的部分是药的花费(成本),预测41
题会对 soaring pharmaceutical costs
具体展开。
41. E. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, prescription drug costs have risen since 1997 at twice the rate of overall health-care spending. Part of the increase comes from drugs being used to replace other kinds of treatment. Part of it arises from new drugs costing more than older kinds. Part of it is higher prices.
What to do?
Both the Romanow commission and the Kirby committee on health care – to say nothing of reports from other experts – recommended the creation of
a national drug agency. Instead of each province having its own list of approved drugs, bureaucracy, procedures and limited bargaining power,
all would pool resources, work with Ottawa, and create a national institution.
那么怎么做呢?
Romanow commission and the Kirby committee