Suppose That There Are Two Employers in Tinytown

question 17

Multiple Choice

Suppose that there are two employers in Tinytown. CareCo offers a generous health insurance package to all employees, while ApathyInc pays slightly higher wages than CareCo, but does not offer health insurance. All else equal, a person who is unhealthy and expects to have high healthcare costs will:

• A)prefer to work for CareCo.
• B)stop going to the doctor.
• C)be equally happy working for either firm.
• D)prefer to work for ApathyInc.

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Economic Growth

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