P-5a Apostrophes with Possessives

Edit each of the following items to correct any apostrophe errors. If a sentence is correct as

given, write correct. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

The nation’s health-care industry has frustrated many Americans for a long time now. ^

1. The attorney general of more than one state sued to block the 2010 federal law that requires

individuals to have health insurance. But the attorney general’s suit was unsuccessful.

2. Congress’s own pre-2014 health-insurance system offers good benefits for representatives

and senators.

3. Each representative and senator’s premium for health insurance was paid in part by the

government.

4. Does “paid in part by the government” mean at taxpayer’s expense?

5. Some Americans think that everyone’s medical insurance should be as generous as that

available to members of Congress before 2014.

6. Others argue that every Americans’ coverage should follow the model of Medicare.

7. Medicares’ current beneficiaries include most people over sixty-five and those with long-term

disabilities.

8. In the United States, unlike in some other countries, the typical doctors’ employer is not the

government.

9. Running a private medical practice these days, like that of Dr. Melanie Levitan and Dr.

Michael Kaplan, means more than just diagnosing and treating peoples’ illnesses.

10. Levitan’s and Kaplan’s practice, like many others, has merged with a firm that handles the

business side of things so that the doctors have more time for their patients.

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