12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition 2025 - Day 5: Health policy

The initial statement expresses a view - Many hospitals hesitate to adopt remote patient monitoring programs.

This view is supported by BF1: because it’s highly Unlikely that elder patients consistently use wearable devices, that too correctly for a longer period.

This explains the practical implications of most elderly patients using wearable devices. As the hospitals rely on these devices as input parameters for remote monitoring.

The next line takes a 180 degree shift. This view, is completely wrong and the hesitation by the hospitals is exaggerated.

An alternative view point on remote monitoring is put forth - it doesn’t necessarily mean u need complicated devices or sustained patient effort.

The next BF2 mentions - The remote monitoring can be made effective , even with a passive sensor , with no action from patients.

So, BF2 is in direct contradiction to BF1. While BF1 upholds the view why hospitals are hesitant towards remote monitoring, the BF2 puts supporting statements to change the earlier held view of hospitals.

A) BF1 is not the conclusion. BF2 is the premise used to support the analyst's conclusion. Hence, wrong.

B) BF1 is not the conclusion, but BF1 is premise for the conclusion the analyst rejects. Hence, wrong.

C) BF1 doesn’t support the conclusion, and BF2 is not a conclusion, but a premise supporting the conclusion. Hence, wrong.

D) This is the Correct answer. The BF1 is a premise used by hospitals to mistakenly support the conclusion, the BF2 is a premise directed to support the analysts conclusion.

E) The flaw here is BF1 is a premise put forth by the hospital, not the analyst. The second part of the option is premise of the analyst to support the conclusion , not that conclusion (which was the initial hesitation by hospital). Hence, Wrong.

Option D

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Going with A on this one.

Explanation:

C, D, E - are out. Because the first boldface is not a premise used to support any given conclusion, in fact, we have no conclusion in the first half of the argument - "Many hospitals hesitate to adopt remote patient-monitoring programs..." This is more of an observation/fact which is explained by the first boldface.

A - Analyst's conclusion seems to be "Yet to argue this way is a mistake"...because..."Remote..."

The second boldface is explaining why it's wrong to argue this way.

B - The first part of this answer choice is good, but I don't think that the second boldface is a conclusion by the author - it's more of an attack/premise that tells us why the author said that the way of argument was wrong.

NOTE: I accidentally posted the answer to the ad-supported streaming service question here initially. I have deleted that and re-posted the correct explanation for this answer here. Clearly, I need to sleep.

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Both are premises supporting opposing argument. The 2nd one supports the argument by health policy analyst

A.first is not conclusion. 2nd part is correct.
B.wrong and wrong
C.1st part is correct. Wrong. It is not conclusion and 1st one doesnt support this.
D. Correct.
E. 1st part is correct. 2nd part is wrong. It doesnt support the same conclusion, it supports the opposite of it.

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Sentence 1 : 3rd party claim + reason for the claim
Sentence 2 : Analyst's conclusion.
Sentence 3 : Premise supporting the conclusion

Before looking at the options. 1st boldface : Reason supporting 3rd party claim & 2nd boldface : Support to author's conclusion.

A: First part - incorrect - it's not a conclusion. [Stop there, incorrect option.]
B: First part - incorrect - it's not a conclusion. [Stop there, incorrect option.]
C: First part - correct; Second part - incorrect - it's not the conclusion. [Incorrect option.]
D: First part - correct; Second part - correct.
E : First part - correct; Second part - better support that conclusion = means better support the 3rd party conclusion - incorrect. [Incorrect option.]

Answer D

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In my opinion it is D.

Let's see the BF 1 & 2 roles and their direction in relation to the main point of the argument.

The main point of the argument is the opinion given by the health analyst. The health analyst disagrees with the reason presented by hospitals.

	Role	Direction
BF1	Premise for Hospitals' Opinion	Not in the direction of main point of the argument
BF2	Reason given to support Main Point	In the direction of the main point.

With this working, let's do the analysis of choices.

A. First is not conclusion-Eliminate
B. Same as A eliminate
C. Second is not a conclusion- Eliminate
D. Matches our working- Keep
E. Second doesnt support hospitals conclusion. Eliminate

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Many hospitals hesitate to adopt remote patient-monitoring programs (Hospital's decision)
...because it is unlikely that elderly patients will consistently use wearable devices correctly for long periods of time (a reason supporting the hospitals' decision -Premise 1)
Yet to argue in this way is a mistake (Author's conclusion that opposes the hospitals' opinion)
Remote monitoring need not rely on complicated devices or sustained patient effort (A reason supporting author's judgement)
...it can be effective even when it involves only simple, passive sensors that require no action from patients (Premise 2 - supoort author's opinion)

A. INCORRECT. The first is not a conclusion, it's just the hospital's reasoning.
B. INCORRECT. Again, the first is not a conclusion.
C. INCORRECT. The second is not a conclusion.
D. CORRECT. The first is a premise that the hospitals thought to be the reason for not adopting remote monitoring programs, but according to health analyst, this reason is a mistake, and the second indicates why.
E. INCORRECT. The second (Premise 2) is not a premise to support hospitals' conclusion.

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Conclusion: Yet to argue in this way is a mistake.
BF 1: A part of a premise
BF 2: Reasoning used to support the conclusion, can be considered an intermediary conclusion

Lets analyse the options-

A, B: BF1 is not a conclusion. Eliminate.
D, E: BF 2 is not a premise. Eliminate.
C: correct

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A - The first BF is definitely not a conclusion, but rather a premise intended to support a conclusion the argument refutes. Second BF is correct.

B - Similar to A, the first BF is not a conclusion and can therefore be eliminated. Second BF is not the conclusion, but another premise

C - The first BF is indeed a premise but it is not mistakenly thought to support a conclusion. The premise does properly support the conclusion but the author contends that the argument is wrong. Second BF is also wrong as the first BF does not support authors conclusion

D - The first BF is correct. The premise is mistakenly used to support the other conclusion. The second BF is also right. It is a premise in support of author’s conclusion

E - Similar to C, the first BF is wrong. The second BF is not a premise that supports the conclusion the author refutes.

Therefore, Option D

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This is a bold faced question. We need to find the roles played by these statements. Let's check options one by one and try to figure out the correct answer :

A. It is incorrect since the first is not the conclusion , it is acting as premise.
B. It is again incorrect since the first is not the conclusion , it is acting as premise.
C. The first is partially described as true but still it's not thought , it is being used actually. Another thing is the second is not a conclusion.
D. This is correct option where it states that the first is being contented by Analyst and it's a premise which is mistakenly used to support a given conclusion. Also the second is also acting as premise to support analyst contention that reasoning about wearable devices is mistakenly argued to justify a conclusion.
E. It is incorrect since the second is not premise supporting that above conclusion , instead it is supporting analyst contention.

So D is the correct answer

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To identify the role of each bold faced statements, each word of the answer choice must be supported.

A. The first is the conclusion of an argument the analyst purports to refute; the second is a premise offered in support of the analyst’s conclusion.
First is not a conclusion, if anything it's a premise. Eliminate.
B. The first is the conclusion of an argument the analyst purports to refute; the second is the analyst’s conclusion.
First is not a conclusion, if anything it's a premise. Eliminate.
C. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly thought to support a given conclusion; the second is a conclusion the analyst believes that premise does support.
First looks ok, second is not a conclusion, and is definitely isn't supported by premise. Eliminate.
D. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly used to support a given conclusion; the second is a premise given to support the analyst’s contention.
According to analyst first is a mistakenly used premise to support one of the given conclusion, the second is indeed a premise that supports analyst's contention that hospital's argument is a mistake. Keep.
E. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly thought to support a given conclusion; the second is a premise the analyst contends better supports that conclusion.
First looks ok, second doesn't support hospital's conclusion but goes against it.

Correct Answer: D

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Let's first read stimulus and understand what this two statement is doing :

1st bold statement : it's premise used by hospital to support their conclusion, however analyst disagrees with how premise is used

2nd bold statement : A premise given to support analyst point

Now let's look at the options

Hmm so D matches exactly, so Answer is D

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D) is correct. The first is a premise for a mistaken statemant provided by many hospitals. The second is a premise (not complicated devices) to support what the analyst states.

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A. this fit more of conclusively of the reasoning the analyst criticizing and the premise the analyst offers to support the conclusion.
B. the second boldface is a premise not a conclusion to which i was looking for.
C. D. and E mischaracterize the roles of premise and conclusion.

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Health policy analyst: Many hospitals hesitate to adopt remote patient-monitoring programs because it is unlikely that elderly patients will consistently use wearable devices correctly for long periods of time. Yet to argue in this way is a mistake. Remote monitoring need not rely on complicated devices or sustained patient effort: it can be effective even when it involves only simple, passive sensors that require no action from patients.

Hospitals hesitate to adopt the program -> elderly may not wear the devices.

HPA -> find above reasoning unnecessary citing the use of devices which does not need patients action.

1st bold statement supports hospital reasoning while 2nd one supports HPA’s reasoning but does not disagree with hospitals premise.

In the analyst’s argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A. The first is the conclusion of an argument the analyst purports to refute; the second is a premise offered in support of the analyst’s conclusion. - analyst does not refute 1st bold statement.
B. The first is the conclusion of an argument the analyst purports to refute; the second is the analyst’s conclusion. - same as above
C. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly thought to support a given conclusion; the second is a conclusion the analyst believes that premise does support. - First bold statement doesn’t support 2nd one.
D. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly used to support a given conclusion; the second is a premise given to support the analyst’s contention. - correct
E. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly thought to support a given conclusion; the second is a premise the analyst contends better supports that conclusion. - 2nd premise doesn’t support first conclusion.

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IMO D!

The given conclusion that the analyst wants to confute is "It's not convenient to adopt this patient-monitoring programms", hence the first bold is a premise to this conclusion ( That the analyst wants to confute)

Moreover the analyst conclusion is "The first conclusion is not true", and in fact the second bold is a premise to support his/her conclusion.

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Health policy analyst: Many hospitals hesitate to adopt remote patient-monitoring programs because it is unlikely that elderly patients will consistently use wearable devices correctly for long periods of time. Yet to argue in this way is a mistake. Remote monitoring need not rely on complicated devices or sustained patient effort: it can be effective even when it involves only simple, passive sensors that require no action from patients.

The first one is a premise used by the hospitals to support their conclusion that they should hesitate to adopt remote patient-monitoring programs. The analyst argues that using this premise in that way is a mistake. And the second one is a premise offered by the analyst to support the analysts own contention that the hospitals reasoning is flawed. Lets check the options now

In the analyst’s argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A. The first is the conclusion of an argument the analyst purports to refute; the second is a premise offered in support of the analyst’s conclusion.
(The first one is clearly a premises) Wrong
B. The first is the conclusion of an argument the analyst purports to refute; the second is the analyst’s conclusion.
(The first one is clearly a premise) Wrong
C. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly thought to support a given conclusion; the second is a conclusion the analyst believes that premise does support.
(The second is not a conclusion drawn from the first) Wrong
D. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly used to support a given conclusion; the second is a premise given to support the analyst’s contention.
(The First is a premise mistakenly used to support a conclusion and the second is a premise supporting the analysts claim) Right

E. The first is a premise the analyst contends is mistakenly thought to support a given conclusion; the second is a premise the analyst contends better supports that conclusion.
(The second support a different view) Wrong

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Health policy analyst: Many hospitals hesitate to adopt remote patient-monitoring programs because it is unlikely that elderly patients will consistently use wearable devices correctly for long periods of time.

Contention / Conclusion: Yet to argue in this way is a mistake.

Remote monitoring need not rely on complicated devices or sustained patient effort : it can be effective even when it involves only simple, passive sensors that require no action from patients.

Objective: Role of two boldfaces.

Thinking: There is hesitation to adopt remote monitoring program since elderly patients may not use wearable device correctly. But this is a mistake. Remote monitoring can be effective even when only passive sensors requiring no action from patients are used.
The first boldface is a premise to support a conclusion that there is a hesitation for remote monitoring.
The second boldface is a premise that supports the analysts contention/conclusion that to argue this way is incorrect.

Options:

A. The first is NOT the conclusion of an argument but is a premise to support a conclusion that the analyst purports to refute. Incorrect

B. The first is NOT the conclusion of an argument but is a premise to support a conclusion that the analyst purports to refute. Incorrect

C. The second boldface is NOT a conclusion but is a premise supporting the analyst's conclusion/contention. Incorrect

D. The first is a premise which is mistakingly used to support a given conclusion; The second is a premise given to support the analyst's contention.
Correct

E. The second is NOT a premise to support that first conclusion. Incorrect

IMO D

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