Although the exact cause is unknown, Disease X generally occurs when various cell types become resistant to a naturally occurring hormone and the pancreas is unable to produce that hormone at a high enough rate to maintain safe sugar levels. The recent increase in the number of patients suffering complications from Disease X has been attributed to insufficient use of available medications. If the government wishes to curb the rise of these complications, it should educate the public about appropriate medication usage.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to believe that the proposed education program will
not be effective?
A. School health programs already educate middle-school students about the issue.
B. The public already has access to this information through the internet.
C. Drug manufacturers lobby doctors to prescribe their company’s brand of medication.
D. The government has not set aside money for such a program.
E. Adequate supplies of the medications are often not affordable for many people.