Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: Ira Magaziner told a press briefing that slowing the rate of growth actually benefits beneficiaries considerably because it slows the rate of growth of the premiums they have to pay. Choices:  1. Slowing rate of growth hurts beneficiaries because it speeds up the rate of shrinkage of the premiums they have to pay. 2. Slowing the rate of growth helps beneficiaries because it slows the rate of growth of the premiums they need to pay. 3. Beneficiaries have been hurt the most in recent tax raises.

2