Critical Reasoning

Personnel officer: The exorbitant cost of our health-insurance benefits reflects the high
dollar amount of medical expenses incurred by our employees. Employees who are out
of shape, as a group, have higher doctor bills and longer hospital stays than do their
colleagues who are fit. Therefore, since we must reduce our health-insurance costs, we
should offer a rigorous fitness program of jogging and weight lifting to all employees,
and require employees who are out of shape to participate.
The conclusion reached by the personnel officer depends on which of the following
assumptions?
A. A person who is fit would receive a routine physical checkup by a doctor less
regularly than would a person who is out of shape.
B. The medical expenses incurred by employees who are required to participate in
the fitness program would be less than those incurred by employees who are not
required to participate.
C. The strenuous activities required of out-of-shape employees by the program
would not by themselves generate medical expenses greater than any reduction
achieved by the program.
D. The fitness program would serve more employees who are out of shape than it
would employees who are fit.
E. The employees who participate in the fitness program would be away from work
because of illness less than would the employees who do not participate
OA is C