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CR · Critical Reasoning
555-605
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In a city where there are fewer regulations on the marketing of medical services, more doctors tend to promote their practices, and those who advertise specific treatments typically charge lower fees for those treatments compared to doctors who do not advertise. Consequently, if the city eliminates certain regulations, such as the one prohibiting advertisements that do not include pricing information, the overall costs for medical services will be lower than if the city maintains its current regulations.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument regarding overall medical costs?
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Correct answer marked belowA
Most doctors who currently include pricing information in their advertisements would continue to do so even if it were not mandated.
B
The city is unlikely to eliminate all regulations that pertain solely to the marketing of medical services.
C
Doctors who do not advertise generally provide medical services of the same quality as those provided by doctors who do advertise.
D
The city has recently lifted some other regulations that had restricted the marketing of medical services.
Most doctors who advertise specific treatments do not reduce their fees for those treatments when they start advertising.
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The argument suggests that removing advertising restrictions will lead to lower overall medical costs due to increased competition and lower fees from advertising doctors. To weaken this argument, we need to show that advertising does not lead to lower fees. Option E states that 'Most doctors who advertise specific…
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What this question tests
What it tests
Whether you can identify the option that most undermines an argument's conclusion.
Common trap
Choosing an irrelevant objection or one that attacks the premise rather than the reasoning.
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555-605
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CR