National planning was slowed when the Reagan administration created the block grant system of funding concurrent with a 25% cut in federal funding. What was one consequence of the reduced funding?
A. All focus on reducing risks and preventing health problems ceased.
B. Health care providers volunteered to take salary cuts to maintain services.
C. Private groups stepped in to make up the budgetary shortfall.
D. States had to eliminate/reduce benefits or increase state budgets.
ANS: D
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