Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT12 S4 Q15 Explanation

Health insurance insulates patients from

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Stimulus

Health insurance insulates patients from the expense of medical care, giving doctors almost complete discretion in deciding the course of most medical treatments. Moreover, with doctors being paid for each procedure performed, they have an incentive to overtreat patients. It is thus clear that only because these procedures lead to financial rewards.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
15.

The argument uses which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    assigning responsibility for a certain result to someone whose involvement in the events leading to that

  2. Correct91% picked this

    inferring the performance of certain actions on no basis other than the existence of both incentive and opportunity

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  3. Trap1% picked this

    presenting as capricious and idiosyncratic decisions that are based on the rigorous application

  4. Trap1% picked this

    depicting choices as having been made arbitrarily by dismissing without argument reasons that have been

  5. Trap3% picked this

    assuming that the irrelevance of a consideration for one participant in a decision makes that consideration irrelevant for

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