Figure 9.6 represents the market for health insurance. Suppose there are two types of consumers, low-cost consumers with $2,000 average medical expenses per year, and high-cost customers with $4,000 average medical expenses per year. The insurance companies estimate that 40% of its customers are high-cost type. The uninformed side(s) of the market is (are):
A. customers.
B. insurance companies.
C. both customers and insurance companies.
D. neither customers nor insurance companies.
Answer: B
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