People who are chronically ill would benefit most from low-cost health

People who are chronically ill would benefit most from low-cost health insurance. However, if insurance companies insure these people, the companies will no longer be able to fund low-cost health insurance for all of their customers. Therefore, insurance companies, in deciding whom to insure, must choose between the good of the chronically ill and the financial well-being of their other customers.

Which of the following questions is LEAST relevant in evaluating the conclusion of the argument above?

a) Could the insurance companies fund low-cost preventive treatment to lower the financial burden of the chronically ill?

b) Would the health care system as a whole profit from the insuring of people who are chronically ill?

c) Could the financial burden imposed by insuring the chronically ill be imposed only on those clients, rather than on the insurer’s other customers?

d) Do the illnesses of the chronically ill necessitate high-cost treatment?

e) Could the insuring of the chronically ill be provided by a separate carrier, thereby not affecting the cost of insuring other customers?