The rate of poverty in the United States is unlikely to change significantly without sustained growth in employment

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the abstract number system?

A) identity B) orderliness C) equal intervals D) a true zero

Identify a true statement about health-insurance coverage

A) The national health-insurance plan that the United States has adopted excludes the private sector. B) The United States is the only economically advanced nation that provides universal health-insurance coverage to its citizens. C) The universal health-insurance plan proposed by President Bill Clinton during his first term did not become a law. D) The national health-insurance plans are mainly concentrated in the world's economically backward nations. E) The United States is the first nation that provided universal health-insurance coverage to its citizens.