What Is the Result of Consistently Increasing Spending by Patients,insurance

question 64

Multiple Choice

What is the result of consistently increasing spending by patients,insurance companies,and the government on medical care in the United States?

• A) The benefits to medical care increase at a decreasing rate.
• B) The marginal benefits to medical care initially increase at an increasing rate but then increase at a decreasing rate.
• C) The marginal benefits to medical care increase at an increasing rate.
• D) The marginal benefit to medical care decreases at an increasing rate.
• E) The marginal benefit to medical care is constant.

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Definitions:

Paradigm Shift

A fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline.

Falsifiable Hypothesis

A hypothesis that can be demonstrated to be false by an experiment or observation, a critical aspect of the scientific method.

Prokaryotes

Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, including bacteria and archaea.

Bacteria

Prokaryotic organisms that have peptidoglycan in their cell walls; most are decomposers, but some are parasites and others are autotrophs. Bacteria is the name of one of the two prokaryotic domains. Compare with archaea.