[Answered]: Countervailing powers: A

Countervailing powers: A. is an umbrella term for the various social influences that curtail or lessen one’s health and well-being. B. refers to the lobbyists who work on behalf of physicians to remove regulations on medical practice. C. refers to the role that costs, fees, and expenses play in making medicine less accessible to patients. D. consist of groups other than physicians that try to also modify or govern the direction of health care.