The United States has considered a national health care system that would guarantee medical care to all citizens as a basic human right. The government's involvement in providing health care for all citizens is characteristic of which type of economic system?
A. socialism
B. communism
C. contemporary capitalism
D. laissez-faire capitalism
Answer: A
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