I remember thinking as a youngster, whenever I heard the legend of Eskimos putting their elderly out on ice floes to die when they became unproductive, it was kind of harsh. Turns out the legend was just that—more legend than common practice. The researchers at the Straight Dope science research site say it drives them nuts to encounter questions about the practice which, they say, was not practiced all that often, nor did all Eskimo tribes indulge in it.

The ice floe visual kept coming to me last week because of three little words. No, two words and a single letter: Medicare Part ...

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