The Biggest Obstacle to a System of National Health Care

question 53

Multiple Choice

The biggest obstacle to a system of national health care in the United States is that ______.

• A) the experience of the other industrialized nations leads to the conclusion that a national health care system would be far more expensive in terms of GDP than the current system
• B) the American public is very satisfied with the current system
• C) patients' advocacy groups oppose it out of fear that they would lose their freedom to choose better care
• D) such a policy runs counter to American political culture
• E) a national health care system was tried during the Great Depression and was a total failure

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