A National Study Report Released by the Center for Studying

question 11

Multiple Choice

A national study report released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in 2010, indicated that 20.9% of Americans were identified as having medical bill financial issues.Many people in families with problems paying medical bills in 2010 experienced severe financial consequences from their medical debt, with about two-thirds reporting problems paying for other necessities and a quarter considering bankruptcy, the study found.What if a news organization randomly sampled 400 Americans from 10 cities and found that 90 reported having such difficulty.A test was done to investigate whether the problem is more severe among these cities.The result of this test is ________________________ .

• A)inconclusive
• B)there is no indication the medical bill problem is more severe among the cities surveyed
• C)there is insufficient evidence to conduct the test
• D)there is evidence that the medical bill problem is more severe among the cities surveyed
• E)None of the above.

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