Question

2 According to one survey, 85% of working

people in the United States think that
health insurance should be at least
partially paid for by their employer.
Based on this information, which of the
following conclusions, if any, is valid?
J Fifteen percent of working people in the
United States think that their employer
should pay the full cost of health insurance.
K Fifteen percent of working people in the
United States think individuals should pay
the full cost of their own health insurance.
L Eighty-five percent of working people in the
United States think that health insurance
costs are too high.
M None of these conclusions is valid.

Answer 1

None of these conclusions is valid.

• The first one implies that people either think that their employer should cover part of the health insurance costs (as said in the original sentence), or they think that the employer should pay 100%. This is not correct because there are other possible opinions people can have, like thinking that the employer shouldn't pay for anything, for example.
• The second conclusion is invalid for the same reason: it implies that people can only either think that the employer should pay a large part, or that the employer shouldn't pay anything. It is not considering other options.
• The third conclusion does not work either because it is referring to what people think about the amount of the costs themselves, whereas the original topic was how they are paid for.