GeminiHeat wrote:
Explanation
We are asked to strengthen the claim that the new system will save more than $500 million per year currently lost to fraudulent claims.
(A) Costs to set up and run ($900M + $100M) this is about cost, not savings. Doesn’t directly strengthen the savings claim; could even weaken if costs are high unless they say how much savings will outweigh cost, but here they just state costs.
(B) Computerization catching on, irrelevant to savings from fraud prevention.
(C) Will not stop all fraudulent claims, this weakens the claim, doesn’t strengthen it.
(D) Doctors concerned about training, irrelevant to savings estimate.
(E) Critics say it will prevent some patients from getting medication, irrelevant to savings from fraud prevention; this is a different issue.
Answer: A
Is this a realistic GRE question? There seems to be no answer that strengthens the claim. OA doesn't seem to strengthen the questions at all. I would say it is irrelevant to the claim and just happens not to weaken it on a technicality, as you admitted. OA seems more likely to be a trap answer, but no other answer strengthens either. What should be the takeaway here?