Vivica, an adolescent, believes that government should pay for all citizens' health care. From this premise, she reasons about the particulars of how and why government-funded health care would work. This is an example of ___.

deductive reasoning  

Explanation:

Deductive reasoning is also referred as 'deductive logic' and is described as one of the different processes of a 'reasoning' from one or more than one premises or statements to reach or develop a logical conclusion. However, deductive reasoning tends to lead in a similar direction in which the links and conditionals premises or statements with particular conclusions.

As per the question, the given statement is an example of 'deductive reasoning'.