Packet 6: Bonus 8
A March 2024 report estimated that this program costs Medicare about 83 billion dollars more per year than if members were enrolled in traditional plans. For 10 points each:
[10m] A majority of seniors with Medicare participate in what program in which plans are offered by private insurers? You may give either the two-word name or the Medicare “Part” introduced in 1997.
ANSWER: Medicare Advantage [or Medicare Part C]
[10e] The DOJ is investigating this largest healthcare company for using “upcoding” to overbill patients on Medicare Advantage plans. Brian Thompson, the CEO of this company’s insurance division, was murdered in 2024.
ANSWER: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated [accept UnitedHealthcare or UHC]
[10h] Medicare Advantage’s risk-assessment formula has only partly succeeded at preventing this practice among insurers. This two-word metaphorical term refers to private insurers selectively enrolling healthier, low-cost patients.
ANSWER: cream-skimming
<HA, Modern World> | NAFTA-Packet-6
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 14.74 | 100% | 47% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas I founded the Abbasids | The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UBC B | UBC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |