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QUESTION 17

Medicare is a State funded benefits program with federal matching funds.

True

False

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QUESTION 18

Baby Fae was the first allograph heart transplant patient.

True

False

4 points   

QUESTION 19

According to Florida law, an anencephalic infant can not be declared brain dead.

True

False

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QUESTION 20

The burden of proof for commitment of a mentally ill person is "clear and convincing evidence."

True

False

Answer 1

Ans 18. False

Medicare is a social insurance program funded at the federal level and focuses primarily on the older population. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency that runs the Medicare Program. CMS is a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Ans 19. False

Allograft refers to a tissue graft from a donor of the same species as the recipient who is not genetically identical. But, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, better known as Baby Fae, was the first infant subject of a xenotransplant (donor is other species) procedure and first successful infant heart transplant, receiving the heart of a baboon. Baby Fae was an American infant born in 1984 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She survived for 21 days after the transplant.

Ans 20. True

The Florida state judge in his statement ruled that the baby was not brain dead because of her brain stem activity. When the ruling was challenged in a higher court, it supported the ruling.

Ans 20. True

The question of who has the burden of proof with an insanity defense has been a source of controversy.In states where the burden is on the defense to prove insanity, the defense is required to show either by clear and convincing evidence or by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is insane. In states where the burden is still on prosecutors to prove sanity, they are required to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.