In a fee-for-service health insurance plan with a $6,500 annual deductible, . a.
the insurance company will not pay more than $6,500 for any hospital visit.
b.
the insurance company will pay at most $6,500 in health care in a calendar year.
c.
the insured individual must pay $6,500 in health care before the insurance company will begin to pay for his health care needs.
d.
the insured individual must pay $6,500 in equal monthly installments in order for the insurance company to pay for his health care needs.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.

Explain how can you avoid conflict by adjusting