Increased Medicare Charges For The Rich A Slippery Slope, According To Expert
A growing trend toward higher Medicare premiums for the richest Americans could ultimately creep into the retirement income of less-wealthy seniors, a University of Illinois expert on federal health insurance warns. Law professor Richard L. Kaplan says President Obama’s bid to charge well-to-do retirees more for prescription-drug benefits is just the latest in a nearly two-decade shift that has saddled wealthy seniors with a rising share of Medicare premiums.
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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on March 11th, 2009
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