The recent increases in health insurance premiums are unnecessary and excessive. While the inflation rate is and has been stable at 5 percent for the past five years, during the same period the average cost of health insurance has increased annually by 10 to 20 percent. Recent studies show that the population is healthier now than ever before, and thus indicate that the insurance companies’ claims of higher health-care costs are unfounded and merely reflect the quest for higher profits.
which one of the following statements, if true undermines the conclusion in the passage?
My answer:
Improvements in health have occurred because of a dramatic increase in the use of expensie medical equipment, tests and drugs.
Answer:
Though there are fewer health insurance companies today, their earnings are higher than they have ever been.
George: The economics taught in college is very confusing- and that’s because it’s all wrong.
Harold: If it’s all wrong, why is college economics still force-fed to students?
George: It’s very difficult to learn something that’s all wrong, and if, someone does waste all that time and learn it, he or she will be inclined to defend it and pass it on to others..
Which one of the following, if true, would most directly challenge G's reasoning?
Answer: Many economics professors agree with journal articles that strongly criticize college economics.
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