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One of the joys of getting older is anticipating that you’ll be eligible for Medicare. You think that your spending on health care will go down because you’ve paid into this program throughout your working life. But a quick assessment of how much you’re spending on health care even when on Medicare is not quite the rosy picture people anticipate. AARP has been following the out of pocket spending on the traditional Medicare program for about 8 years and their most recent analysis, Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare: Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care is concerning. HealthCetera Host Diana Mason, PhD, RN, discusses the report with Claire Noel-Miller, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for AARP’s Public Policy Institute. This podcast first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on June 14, 2023.
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