Medicare

Denise Tiller, Midwest Voices 2008

My 93 year old father-in-law got the bad news in the mail. He's hit the Medicare doughnut hole which means he's got to pay the next $3,216 of his prescriptions while still paying his insurance premiums. Money is going to be awfully tight for the rest of the year.

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It is one of the best-documented crises in history.

Each year the trustees for Social Security and Medicare issue a massive report explaining that these two critical government programs are on unsustainable paths.