Government 1B: Lesson 125 Essay- (1) “What are some factors that have contributed to rising health-care costs in the United States?” (2) “Evaluate this statement: ‘World War II was a time of great prosperity in the United States.'”

The primary reason health care prices are rising is because people don’t care how much it costs to get medical work done. Since the insurance company pays the costs the consumer doesn’t shop around to find lower prices, they do what is convenient. Since the person providing the service knows the consumer doesn’t care about the price he or she will raise the price of getting medical work done.

The statement: “World War II was a great time of prosperity in the United States.” is a false statement. Two out of five Americans worked in fields that produced stuff for the war and government. This means two out of five Americans produced goods that other consumers didn’t want like tanks and planes. The other three out of five Americans that did work in productive fields were taxed so that the government could pay the other two out of five. Then the tanks and planes were used in war and destroyed meaning the resources used to create them were wasted.