In the First Year of His Presidency, President Bill Clinton's

question 69

Multiple Choice

In the first year of his presidency, President Bill Clinton's major goal, a program to assure affordable health care for all Americans, was defeated by ____________________.

• A) a close vote in the House of Representatives
• B) a betrayal by liberal Democrats who wanted to punish Clinton for being too conservative
• C) special interest groups that were too powerful to be defeated by the health-care task force
• D) the fear of the American public that the health-care plan was the first step toward socialized medicine

Recognize the psychological and personality factors associated with health risks and disease susceptibility.

Understand how perceptions of social norms influence health-related behaviors.

Grasp the effects of media and social influences on health behaviors such as smoking.

Understand the concept of opportunity cost in investing own funds.

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Definitions:

Pyranose Forms

The six-membered oxygen-containing heterocyclic forms of monosaccharides or sugars.

Monosaccharide

The simplest form of carbohydrates, consisting of a single sugar molecule, such as glucose or fructose.

Cyclic Hemiacetals

Compounds formed from the reaction between an aldehyde and an alcohol under acidic conditions, resulting in a ring structure containing both an alcohol and an ether (or alkoxy) group.

Pyranoses

Ring forms of six-membered sugar molecules that result from intramolecular hemiacetal formation, where the oxygen atom is part of the ring.