Recall the Application About How Society Will Cope with Increased

question 110

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about how society will cope with increased demands for entitlement programs to answer the following question(s) . This Application addresses the impact of increasing life expectancy and aging populations on the costs of government entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and examines several possible solutions to the potential problem.
-According to this Application, which of the following is NOT a strategy that the government can pursue to address the rising cost of federal retirement and health care programs?

• A) reform the health care system to encourage more competition to reduce health care expenditures
• B) increase the age at which retirement benefits begin to be paid
• C) borrow from the public to finance the programs
• D) promote government saving and investment to increase real GDP over time

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Definitions:

Aroused, Motivated State

A condition of being mentally and physically activated or energized towards achieving a specific goal.

Physiological Need

Physiological Need refers to basic physical requirements essential for human survival, such as food, water, and shelter, as defined in theories of motivation like Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

A Drive

A drive is a psychological state that motivates an organism to satisfy a need, often critical for survival, like hunger or thirst.

Sleepiness

A state of strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (compare with fatigue).