PT7.S1.Q8

PrepTest 7 - Section 1 - Question 8

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Conclusion 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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8.

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a

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b

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c

Health-care costs are █████████ ██ ████ ██████████ █████ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████████ ███ █████

d

Advances in medical ██████████ ████ ██████ ███ ████████ █████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ██████████

e

Since unfilled hospital ████ ██████████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██ ████ ███████████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ██████ ██ ████ ██████ ████████ ████████ ██ ███████ ███ ███████████ ████████████

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