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Medicare in a Nutshell
> >The phone rings, and the lady of the house answers, "Hello."
> >"Mrs Ward, please."
> > "Speaking"
> >"Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical Testing Laboratory. When
> >your doctor sent your husband's biopsy to the lab yesterday, a biopsy
from
> >another Mr. Ward arrived as well, and we are now uncertain which one is
> >your
> >husband's. Frankly the results are either bad or terrible."
> >
> >"What do you mean?" Mrs. Ward asks nervously.
> >"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other
> >one tested positive for AIDS. We can't tell which your husband's is."
> >
> >"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Ward.
> >"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests
one
> >time."
> >"Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
> >"The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off
somewhere
> >in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him."
> >The phone rings, and the lady of the house answers, "Hello."
> >"Mrs Ward, please."
> > "Speaking"
> >"Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical Testing Laboratory. When
> >your doctor sent your husband's biopsy to the lab yesterday, a biopsy
from
> >another Mr. Ward arrived as well, and we are now uncertain which one is
> >your
> >husband's. Frankly the results are either bad or terrible."
> >
> >"What do you mean?" Mrs. Ward asks nervously.
> >"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other
> >one tested positive for AIDS. We can't tell which your husband's is."
> >
> >"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Ward.
> >"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests
one
> >time."
> >"Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
> >"The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off
somewhere
> >in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him."
