A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.The Gallup people estimate that most Americans believe that physicians' fees are excessive. I know everyone I talk to thinks that. But we'll never have socialized medicine in this country. Americans will pay any amount for the freedom to choose their own doctors; that's what history tells us.

What will be an ideal response?


Note that this passage has arguments for two separate conclusions.

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