Self-study
Coherent solutions for the problem of reducing health-care costs cannot be found within the current piecemeal system of paying these costs. ███ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ █████ ███████████ █████████ ███ ████████ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████████ █████████ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ███████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██████ █████████ ███ ████████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██ ███████ █████████ █████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████████ █████████ ███████ ███ ███ ████ ███ █████ ██ ███████████ ████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ███████████ ████████ ████ ████████ ███████ █████ █████████ ██████████ ██ ████████ █████████ █████ ██ █████████ ████████
The Stimulus Synthesized
Oftentimes hard MSS questions will anchor their correct answers to tiny, seemingly irrelevant details from the stimulus. It’s a common trick you have to be on the lookout for.
On the other hand, lots of MSS questions don’t play that trick – they anchor their correct answers directly to the stimulus’ core idea. That’s what happens in this question. Here’s the stimulus synthesized:
Under the current piecemeal system of paying costs, you can’t reduce health-care costs by addressing individual areas of spending, because those costs will just get shifted elsewhere.
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The argument proceeds by
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showing that shifting █████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████████ █████████████
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attributing without justification ██████████ ██████ ██ ██████
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employing an analogy ██ ████████████ ██████████████████
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denying the possibility ██ █ ████████ ██ ███████████ ████ ████████ ███████████ ██████
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demonstrating that cooperation ██ ████████ ██ ██████ ██ ████████