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Many United States companies believe that the rising cost of employees' health care benefits has hurt the country's competitive position in the global market by raising production costs and thus increasing the prices of exported and domestically sold goods. As a result, these companies have shifted health care costs to employees in the form of wage deductions or high deductibles. This strategy, however, has actually hindered companies' competitiveness. For example, cost shifting threatens employees' health because many do not seek preventive screening. Also, labor relations have been damaged: the percentage of strikes in which health benefits were a major issue rose from 18 percent in 1986 to 78 percent in 1989.
Health care costs can be managed more effectively if companies intervene in the supply side of health care delivery just as they do with other key suppliers: strategies used to procure components necessary for production would work in procuring health care. For example, the make/buy decision—the decision whether to produce or purchase parts used in making a product—can be applied to health care. At one company, for example, employees receive health care at an on-site clinic maintained by the company. The clinic fosters morale, resulting in a low rate of employees leaving the company. Additionally, the company has constrained the growth of health care costs while expanding medical services.
It can be inferred that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about health care costs in the United States?
Employees are more willing to share health care costs with employers than they are to experience restrictions in other benefits
The way in which companies manage health care costs does not affect their ability to control the prices of exported and domestically sold goods
Health care costs in the United States have not risen as dramatically as many experts had predicted
The way in which a company manages its health care costs has an important effect on employees' health and loyalty to a company
Employees should take more financial responsibility for health care costs so that the burden on the employer can be lessened
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正确答案是 D。因为文章中提到，公司转嫁健康保险成本给雇员的行为对它们的竞争力造成了障碍，因为这种行为会导致很多雇员不寻求预防性筛查，还会损害劳资关系。公司更好地管理健康保险成本将会显着影响雇员的健康和忠诚度，所以答案应该选择 D. 公司管理健康保险成本的方式对雇员的健康和忠诚度有重要影响。
A. 员工比起接受其他福利的限制更乐意分担健康保险成本 —— 这个答案不是文章主旨所在，所以不是正确答案。
B. 公司管理健康保险成本的方式不会影响它们控制出口和国内卖出商品价格的能力 —— 文章中提到了这个话题，但是不是文章的主旨，所以不是正确答案。
C. 美国的健康保险成本上涨幅度没有达到许多专家预测的那么大 —— 文章中没有提到这个观点，所以不是正确答案。
D. 公司管理健康保险成本的方式对雇员的健康和忠诚度有重要影响 —— 文章中提到了这个观点，所以是正确答案。
E. 雇员应该更多的承担健康保险成本的责任，以减轻雇主的负担 —— 文章中没有提到这个观点，所以不是正确答案。
作者的观点都在P1，P2是作者给出的解决方法。从 This strategy, however,开始读，认为固有方法削弱了公司竞争力。紧接着For example 具体阐释，包括两个方面，1影响员工健康（health） 2导致更多的罢工 （loyalty）
The clinic fosters morale, resulting in a low rate of employees leaving the company. Additionally, the company has constrained the growth of health care costs while expanding medical services.