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Country Z's National Health-Care Program (NHCP) provides free health care to all citizens. In the last five years, NHCP has received increase funds, both in absolute terms and as a percent of country Z's gross national product. Yet the standard of health care in the country Z has decreased. Meanwhile, the standard of health care in other industrialized countries has increased. Clearly, over the past five years, NHCP must have become an overgrown and wasteful bureaucracy.
The conclusion reached in the passage depends on which of the following assumption?
(A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
(B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding.
(C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
(D) The standard of health care in country Z five years ago was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
(E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
The conclusion reached in the passage depends on which of the following assumption?
(A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
(B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding.
(C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
(D) The standard of health care in country Z five years ago was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
(E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
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The conclusion is that the cause of the decreased standard in health coverage was caused by a corrupt bureaucracy. Therefore, the assumption is that there was no some other more immediate cause for the decreased standard in health coverage (perhaps NHCP was unable to provide the same level of treatment because more patients demanded treatment, thus putting unnecessary stress on government coffers).
A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
This statement is just stating an opinion (did the answer choice mean to say 'did not receive'?
B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding. Answer
Here the assumption is addressed - perhaps Country Z funds, despite the fact that they increased, could not account for a surge in the need for health care. Think of it this way: before the increased funding only 10 million was paid to cover everyone. In the next 5 years, though funding increased by 5 million, if the amount to cover everyone doubled to 20 million, then the government would not be able to provide health coverage.
C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
Does not relate to the inability of NHCP to cover the cost of health for its residents.
D) The standard of health care in country Z five years go was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
We are not concerned with the standard in other countries.
E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
Again, we are not concerned with other countries.
A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
This statement is just stating an opinion (did the answer choice mean to say 'did not receive'?
B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding. Answer
Here the assumption is addressed - perhaps Country Z funds, despite the fact that they increased, could not account for a surge in the need for health care. Think of it this way: before the increased funding only 10 million was paid to cover everyone. In the next 5 years, though funding increased by 5 million, if the amount to cover everyone doubled to 20 million, then the government would not be able to provide health coverage.
C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
Does not relate to the inability of NHCP to cover the cost of health for its residents.
D) The standard of health care in country Z five years go was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
We are not concerned with the standard in other countries.
E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
Again, we are not concerned with other countries.
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Country Z's National Health-Care Program(NHCP) provides free health care to all citizens. In the last five years, NHCP has received increase funds, both in absolute terms and as a percent of country Z's gross national product. Yet the standard of health care in the country Z has decreased. Meanwhile, the standard of health care in other industrialized countries has increased. Clearly, over the past five years, NHCP must have become an overgrown and wasteful bureaucracy.
The conclusion reached i the passage depends on which of the following assumption?
A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding.
C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
D) The standard of health care in country Z five years go was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
The conclusion reached i the passage depends on which of the following assumption?
A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding.
C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
D) The standard of health care in country Z five years go was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
Z's healthcare program provides free care to all.
In last 5 yrs, increased funds (in absolute terms and as % of country Z's GNP).
Yet, standard of health care has decreased.
Meanwhile, the standard of health care in other industrialised countries has increased. (so it is not a global issue)
Conclusion: Over the past five years, NHCP must have become an overgrown and wasteful bureaucracy.
The point of the argument is that though funding has increased, standard of health care has decreased. So it has become wasteful.
Now what is the assumption here? That need has not increased even more than the funding. The funding has increased, we know. But the need has increased even more. Then can I still say that NHCP must have become wasteful? No I cannot. It may not have become wasteful.
A) NHCP should not have received increased funds during the past five years.
We are looking for an assumption, not an opinion. We are looking for that which MUST BE true for the conclusion to hold.
B) In the last five years, the need for health care among country Z's citizens did not increase to beyond the amount of health care that could have been provided by a proper expenditure of the increased funding.
Correct. This option says that the assumption is that the need did not increase even more.
Negate it if you must:
The need did increase to beyond what could have been provided by a proper expenditure of increased funding.
Well then, that would be responsible for lower standard of health care. Now I cannot say that NHCP MUST have been wasteful. It is not necessary that it would have been wasteful.
C) NHCP was suspected of wasteful money management five years ago, but no action was taken to improve NHCP's money management procedures.
To make our point, we are certainly not assuming that NHCP was suspected of waste 5 yrs ago.
Given this premise, we may be able to strengthen that NHCP is being wasteful but it is not necessary. Note that an assumption would be within the confines of your argument. The author will make certain points and then derive something out of it. You should be able to say what is it that the author is assuming. An occurrence as specific as this will not be an assumption. He doesn't need to assume that NHCP was suspected of waste five years ago.
D) The standard of health care in country Z five years go was good related to the standards of health care in other industrialized countries at that time.
Again, we don't need to compare Z's health care with other countries' healthcare. The only point the argument makes is that healthcare in other countries has not deteriorated compared with their own healthcare of 5 yrs ago. (So it isn't a global issue that we are facing because of factors outside the control of NHCP)
E) Most other industrialized countries have free national health care programs similar to NHCP.
Irrelevant.
Answer (B)
