imo D since people without health savings accounts are mentioned as not the type to pay for preventive examinations and some poor people will no longer receive vaccinations, hence contracting infectious diseases is likely for them.

D IMO....agree with HITMIS on the explanation part!

goyalsau wrote:Advocates insist that health savings accounts are an efficient method to reduce medical expenses. However, widespread adoption of these accounts will soon undermine the public's health. One reason for this is that most people will be reluctant to deplete their accounts to pay for regular preventive examinations, so that in many cases a serious illness will go undetected until it is far advanced. Another reason is that poor people, who will not be able to afford health savings accounts, will no longer receive vaccinations against infectious diseases.

The statements above, if true, most support which of the following?

a) Wealthy individuals will not be affected negatively by health savings accounts.

b)Private health insurance will no longer be available.

c)Most diseases are detected during regular preventive examinations.

d)Some people without health savings accounts are likely to contract infectious diseases.

e)The causal relationship between an individual's health and that person's medical care has been adequately documented.

OA LATER

if you turned the question into "inference" question or " if the state above is true, which of the following is also true?/"
D makes sense

Only D makes sense.

goyalsau are we right? OA please...

hitmis wrote:goyalsau are we right? OA please...

you all were Right OA is indeed D.
I think it was a easy one for you,

Advocates insist that health savings accounts are an efficient method to reduce medical expenses.

Conc: However, widespread adoption of these accounts will soon undermine the public's health.

P: One reason for this is that most people will be reluctant to deplete their accounts to pay for regular preventive examinations, so that in many cases a serious illness will go undetected until it is far advanced.

P: Another reason is that poor people, who will not be able to afford health savings accounts, will no longer receive vaccinations against infectious diseases.

The statements above, if true, most support which of the following?

a) Wealthy individuals will not be affected negatively by health savings accounts. - In Premise one the passage says that people will be reluctant. It doesn't say that poor people will be reluctant. Hence, this fails the fact test,

b)Private health insurance will no longer be available. - OFS. No mention. The passage is only concerned with Health savings account

c)Most diseases are detected during regular preventive examinations. - This sentence reverses the modifers. The passage mentions many and this modifier uses most. This fails the fact test.

d)Some people without health savings accounts are likely to contract infectious diseases. - Correct. Can be proved from the fact that the poor people will not be vaccinated due to lack of savings acct and hence are likely.

e)The causal relationship between an individual's health and that person's medical care has been adequately documented. - OFS. Fails the fact test

Reason 1: Most people will be reluctant to pay for regular exams --> In many cases serious illness would go undetected
Reason 2: Poor people, who will be able to afford health savings account will no longer receive vaccinations

So, widespread adoption of health savings accounts will undermine public's health.

A - not necessarily true. Reason 1 can still hold true.

B - cannot be inferred. the argument talks about What would happen if health savings accounts became widespread. We do not whether this will happen or not.
Secondly, "widespread adoption" does not mean private health insurance will no longer be available.

C - cannot be inferred.
Reason 1 states that in many cases, serious illnesses would go undetected.
From this we cannot infer whether most diseases are detected or not. We have data only about serious illnesses, not all diseases.

D - correct answer.
look at the argument -
Premise - Poor people, who will be able to afford health savings account will no longer receive vaccinations against infectious diseases.
Conclusion- So, widespread adoption of health savings accounts will undermine public's health.

For the conclusion to be true, at least some people without health savings must be likely to contract infectious diseases. If none of them contract any diseases, the argument will fall apart.

E - cannot be inferred.
Even if it not well documented, reasons 1 and 2 will not be invalidated.