Lack of health insurance has become a middle class phenomenon among all except.

Question

Options

• AThose who are self employed
• BThose working in small businesses
• CThose with traditional jobs in manufacturing
• DThose with part time jobs

• A
  7% (1)
• C
  86% (12)
• D
  7% (1)

Explanation

Option C is correct because workers with traditional manufacturing jobs have historically been covered by employer-sponsored health insurance through union contracts and established benefits packages, making lack of coverage less common in this group.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Self-employed): Self-employed individuals must purchase their own insurance without employer subsidies, making coverage expensive and often unaffordable - a primary driver of the middle-class uninsured gap.
• B (Small businesses): Small employers frequently cannot afford to offer group health plans, leaving employees to find coverage on their own at high individual-market rates.
• D (Part-time workers): Part-time employees are typically ineligible for employer-sponsored benefits, as most plans require a minimum number of hours worked per week.

Memory tip: Think "manufacturing = union protection." Traditional factory/manufacturing jobs are associated with strong union representation, which historically negotiated health coverage as a core benefit - making C the odd one out among groups vulnerable to being uninsured.

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