Share of Cost, Good Reasons to Celebrate 50 Years of Medicare

Tuesday, Sep. 29th 2015 8:59 AM

With 2015 being Medicare’s 50th birthday, one of our partner advocacy organizations, Center for Medicare Advocacy, has created 50 insights for celebrating Medicare’s 50th. As Congress is currently debating budget proposals that would significantly change Medicare as we know it, it’s important to keep all the good Medicare provides for 52 million people in the forefront of our minds.

A few of the good highlights pointed out already include:

Medicare reduces poverty
Medicare saves lives
Medicare helps people with disabilities
Medicare reflects the heart of American character
Medicare beneficiaries are remarkable
Medicare helps people with disabilities stay home
Medicare helps those with low-incomes have affordable health care coverage

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