Income and the Price Elasticity of Demand for Medical Care. Like many other developing nations, Peru subsidizes medical care, charging consumers a small fraction of the cost of providing services such...

Income and the Price Elasticity of Demand for Medical Care. Like many other developing nations, Peru subsidizes medical care, charging consumers a small fraction of the cost of providing services such as visits to medical clinics. The price elasticity of demand for medical care is 0.67 for poor households but only 0.03 for wealthy households. Suppose the government reduced its subsidies for medical care, and the price to consumers increased by 10 percent. Predict the changes in the quantity of medical care demanded (for example, the number of visits to clinics) for poor households and wealthy households.