Gary participates in a group long-term care insurance program through his employer. The employer pays for a standard level of coverage for all employees, and Gary pays for an additional voluntary amount of coverage. In all, Gary's employer pays two thirds of the cost and Gary pays the remaining one third of the cost. If Gary makes a claim under this policy, what percentage of his benefits would be taxable based on the premium structure

$0

Explanation:

When your employer pays for your health insurance policy, the benefits you receive are not taxed by the federal government. In most cases, when employees pay for some part of the health insurance plan, this payments are also excluded and not taxed by the federal government.

In this case, the benefits that Gary gets from his health insurance are not taxed by the federal government, only payments received for temporary disability or sickness are taxed since they replace your normal income.  

answer; ///i believe the correct answer is (c) laissez-faire;

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.