enables employees who lose their jobs or have their hours reduced to a level at which they are no longer eligible to receive medical, dental or optical benefits have the right to pay to continue receiving benefits for themselves and their dependents under the employer's policy.

Suppose that a government that is skeptical of efforts to regulate prices charged by private companies is nevertheless concerned that an electric utility company is taking advantage of consumers with unfair pricing policies. which of the following policy options might most effectively enable the government to achieve its objectives in this situation? do nothing to all. turn the company into a public enterprise. use antitrust laws to increase competition. regulate the firm's pricing behavior.