Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Libertarians believe that the cost of covering the uninsured will dramatically increase as the last 10 percent, 5 percent, or 1 percent of the uninsured population are brought into a system of universal medical coverage.
B. The number of Americans lacking medical insurance has been significantly reduced in the last decade, dropping from over 40 million to less than 30 million.
C. Libertarians believe that the cost of covering the uninsured will dramatically increase when uninsured children are brought into a system of universal medical coverage but that the last 10 percent, 5 percent, or 1 percent of the uninsured population will not add significantly at that last point to the system's costs.
D. Medicare is a system of savings, not an income re-distribution system.
E. Alabama's CHIP program is a model of how not to run such a program, having failed to enroll many clients.


Answer: A

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