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Legendary
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(Medicare part B basically pays for office visits, as opposed to hospitalization.)
I got this statement forwarded to me by a relative in an e-mail: Quote:
The very first part made me suspicious, since I know, and verified it on two Medicare (government! ) Web sites, that the fee for 2012 will be $99.90 (for most people). So the first figure they give is already known to be wrong. What about the other figures? factcheck.org http://www.factcheck.org/2011/04/pre...e-on-medicare/ includes this statement, written before the charge for 2012 was known (I made the text bold): Quote:
So, who is attempting to deceive whom? This illustrates something I find interesting. The willingness you have to accept claims of this kind, without questioning them, depends on your personal outlook, your personal beliefs about life in general, more than it does upon facts. My relative is inclined to accept things like this without question. What if an alien would come from Mars or the Soviet Union or somewhere, and had no idea whether this e-mail claim or Medicare or factcheck.org were more reliable? How would they come to a conclusion as to who was trying to fool whom? Who knows if a government! Web site can be trusted, or if factcheck.org is some kind of subversive organization? I think the only way is to look at more than one source of information, at several sources of information, and try to come to your own estimate of what the truth is likely to be. __________________ Now if thou would'st When all have given him o'er From death to life Thou might'st him yet recover -- Michael Drayton 1562 - 1631 |
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Confirmation bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias and see: List of cognitive biases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases __________________ We must love one another or die. W.H. Auden We must love one another AND die. Ygrec23
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Legendary
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Premiums and deductibles amounts have been decided for 2012. They are set before open enrollment begins.
The Part B deductible is actually going down, to $140. $22 less than 2011. You can trust the Medicare.gov site: http://www.medicare.gov/cost/ http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10050.pdf |
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I just meant for the information about the decisions they make regarding Medicare. I wasn't referring to government as a whole.
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