If a hospital knows that an insurance company will pay for most of a patient's bill, the hospital has more of an incentive to require additional medical procedures and tests, even if the patient may not require them. This is an example of
A) moral hazard.
B) the principal-agent problem.
C) asymmetric information.
D) adverse selection.
Answer: B
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