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Your Weekly Medicare Consumer Advocacy Update
Questions and Answers on Medicare and Health Reform
February 18, 2010 • Volume 10, Issue 7
I worked hard my whole life and I’m just getting by now. Why should I pay more for my Medicare to cover the uninsured?
You won’t. There are no Medicare benefit cuts in either the House- or Senate-passed health reform bills. Health reform legislation will not increase the share you pay under Medicare for a doctor visit, hospital stay, prescription drug or any type of medical treatment.