In Order to Help Pay for the Costs of Extending

question 178

Multiple Choice

In order to help pay for the costs of extending health insurance to previously uninsured people, the PPACA imposes new taxes, including the following, except

• A) an increase in the Medicare payroll tax for individuals earning more than $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples) per year.
• B) an increase in the capital gains tax for individuals earning more than $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples) per year.
• C) a tax levied on indoor tanning.
• D) a tax on junk foods and soda.

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Definitions:

Eject Blood

The process of forcefully expelling blood from the heart chambers, primarily during systole.

Papillary Muscles

Muscle projections from the ventricular walls of the heart that attach to the chordae tendineae and prevent inversion of the valves during contraction.

Atria Contraction

The process during the cardiac cycle where the atria chambers of the heart contract to move blood into the ventricles.

Pulse Pressure

The difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure, indicating the force that the heart generates each time it contracts.