Barry is a middle-aged, single male who is in excellent overall health. Recently, he broke his leg and suffered a semi-severe head injury in a skiing accident and had to spend several days in the hospital. He has no health insurance because he claims it is too expensive for him to purchase when he is otherwise a very healthy person. His hospital bills for the injuries totaled more than $100,000

– far more money than he can afford to pay. Barry’s decision to not have health insurance is an example of __________. In lieu of a preventive care-focused health insurance plan, he could consider buying __________ to cover him in circumstances like these.

A) information asymmetry; emergency care
B) path dependency; an ACA health plan
C) a single-payer system; life insurance
D) adverse selection; catastrophic insurance


D) adverse selection; catastrophic insurance

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