Chооse the mаin pаttern оf orgаnization of the passage. Often governmental efforts to manipulate public opinion backfire when the public is made aware of the government’s tactics. Thus, in 1971, the United States government’s attempts to build popular support for the Vietnam War were hurt when CBS News aired its documentary The Selling of the Pentagon, which revealed the extent and character of government efforts to sway popular sentiment. In this documentary, CBS demonstrated the techniques, including planted news stories and faked film footage, that the government had used to misrepresent its activities in Vietnam. In conjunction with the subsequent publication of The Pentagon Papers, these revelations had the effect of undermining public trust in all government claims.
Chооse the mаin pаttern оf orgаnization of the passage. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 enabled more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans to gain access to healthcare. Yet costs have continued to rise—making healthcare unaffordable for many everyday people. So how can our country control costs while providing healthcare for all? A single-payer system would allow the government to negotiate prices and use tax revenues to pay for universal coverage. Virtually every other industrialized country uses a single-payer system—providing better care at less than half the cost. And in comparison with private, for-profit insurance companies, our own single-payer system, Medicare, provides greater access with much lower administrative costs. In fact, the Kaiser Family Foundation has found that Medicare spends less per person on care and controls spending more effectively than private insurers. So instead of subsidizing insurance companies, why don’t we skip the “middlemen” and spend our money directly on healthcare for all Americans?