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Hospice in the United States (3280 Final Project)
In 1983, Congress passed legislation that established the Medicare Hospice Benefit, providing people enrolled in Medicare (Medicare beneficiaries) with access to palliative end-of-life care. The program was designed for people with terminal illness diagnoses—in particular, people with a life expectancy of six months or less (Caring Hospice Institute, 2025). In the early years of hospice,…
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Monty Hall: Why is it so confusing?
In September of 1990, columnist Marilyn vos Savant was asked the infamous “Monty Hall” problem. Inspired by the game show Let’s Make a Deal, the concept of the game is fairly straightforward: “Suppose you’re on a game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others,…