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The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, was supposed to transform American health insurance. Critics have long feare
The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, was supposed to transform American health insurance. Critics have long feare
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2018-03-01
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问题
The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, was supposed to transform American health insurance. Critics have long feared that it would do much more. Republicans have cast Obamacare as a job-killing, economy-crushing villain. On February 4th they appeared to get more ammunition from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The CBO, as part of its projection of economic growth over the next decade, estimates that Obamacare will lower full-time employment by 2.3m in 2021, compared with what might have been without reform, and by 2.5m in 2025. The main reason is not that firms are already slashing jobs to avoid the burden the law imposes, as Republicans have complained, but that Americans will choose to work less.
The insight that Obamacare would lower the supply of labour is not new, but the magnitude of the CBO’s estimate is—the 2.3m drop in 2021 is nearly three times larger than the CBO’s earlier projection. Many factors account for the decline. Chief among them is the effect of subsidies for health insurance. To help Americans buy coverage on new health "exchanges", Obamacare offers tax credits to those earning between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty line (about $11,500 to $46,000 for a single adult). Those tax credits are offered on a sliding scale, by income, so workers in effect pay a higher tax rate as their wages rise. This may dissuade them from trying to earn more.
The White House, mining the report for good news, argued that Obamacare liberates American workers. "At the beginning of this year, we noted that as part of this new day in health care, Americans would no longer be trapped in a job just to provide coverage for their families, and would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams," the White House press secretary said in a statement. "This CBO report bears that out."
The supply-side effects are not all bad. Some Americans, no longer tied to their employer-provided insurance, may feel freer to take better jobs or start their own businesses. But this effect is unlikely to offset the ranks of people who choose to work less, or not at all. And although leisure is often agreeable, does America really want to encourage its citizens to put their feet up?
The author’s attitude towards the effects of health insurance is ______.
选项
A、agreeable
B、affirmative
C、doubtful
D、biased
答案
C
解析
根据出题顺序以及题干中的“effects”可以定位到最后一段。作者的观点往往喜欢出现在一些转折、虚拟、情态动词处,该段能够体现作者观点态度的是But一句:But this effect is unlikely to… 这句话告诉我们作者对于this effect的态度是否定的,故选项A“接受的”和选项B“赞成的”都与作者观点态度相悖,故不选。根据But一句以及最后的“does America…”这个反问句我们知道作者的态度是怀疑的,故选项C为答案。
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考研英语一
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