Requiring Patients to Pay a Portion of the Cost of the Medical

question 172

Multiple Choice

Requiring patients to pay a portion of the cost of the medical care they receive is designed to reduce the severity of

• A) moral hazard.
• B) diminishing returns.
• C) adverse selection.
• D) the principal-agent problem.
• E) market failure.

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