Critics of the policy that allows the private system of health insurance in the United Kingdom focus on what they consider flaws in the model. They are concerned that private insurance:

a. is a waste of money because so few people participate in the private market.
b. should not receive taxpayer subsidies.
c. premiums are too high and unaffordable for everyone except the wealthy.
d. results in higher overall health care spending.
e. slows improvements in the National Health Service by taking pressure off the system and results in a two-tiered system.


e. slows improvements in the National Health Service by taking pressure off the system and results in a two-tiered system.

Economics

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A currency stabilization policy:

A. is more effective in the long run than a currency support policy. B. tries to keep the value of a currency above its equilibrium value. C. is one form of a currency support policy. D. is less effective in the long run than a currency support policy.

Economics

A year's tuition at a state university cost $250 in 1972 when the CPI equaled 0.418. The cost of a year's tuition at the same state university cost $3,000 in 2005 when the CPI equaled 1.68. The real cost of tuition between 1972 and 2005:

A. decreased. B. may have either increased or decreased. C. remained constant. D. increased.

Economics

In ________ two major antitrust cases were brought before the Supreme Court involving Standard Oil and American Tobacco.

A. 1890 B. 1911 C. 1945 D. 2012

Economics

After-tax income is much less equally distributed than before-tax income.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Economics