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正确答案：A
解析：与痼症有关的内容出现在第一段倒数第二句和第三句：“Shielded by third-party payers from the cost of our care，we demand every thing that can possibly be done for us，even if it's useless．The most obvious example is late stage cancer care．”山于医疗是第三方付款，病人就要求一切可能做的事情，甚至做一些无效的努力。最典型的例子是癌症病人，因此由useless 就可以知道好多的钱财被浪费掉了。所以本题选A medical resources are often wasted。B，C和D都不合适。