Individuals with Rare Illnesses Are Often Unable to Get Health

question 70

Multiple Choice

Individuals with rare illnesses are often unable to get health insurance because:

• A)insurance companies have no compassion.
• B)there are not enough of them to cause people to care.
• C)they can hide their illness and get insurance at rates for healthy people.
• D)firms can't make money with only a few customers.

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Definitions:

Estate

The total of all the assets, properties, and liabilities that a person leaves behind upon death.

Fraud

(1) An intentional deception that causes harm to another. (2) A basis for contesting a will if the testator relied on false statements when he or she made the will.

False Statements

Assertions or claims that are not true, which in certain contexts, such as under oath in court or in financial reporting, can be illegal or fraudulent.

Undue Influence

A legal term referring to a situation where an individual is able to persuade another's decisions due to the relationship between the two parties.