This guide breaks down the complicated and confusing information on Medicare, explores your benefits, offers suggestions on getting the most from the program, and explains what happens when you also have other health coverage. Also included: a history of Medicare, what it is, and why it was created -- an in-depth look at Medicare's many rules and processes -- Information on Part D, Medicare's prescription drug program -- helpful hints for closing...

"American health care is at a crossroads. Health spending reached $3.5 trillion in 2017. Yet more than 27 million people remain uninsured. And it's unclear if all that spending is buying higher-quality care. Patients, doctors, insurers, and the government acknowledge that the healthcare status quo is unsustainable. America's last attempt at health reform -- Obamacare -- didn't work. Nearly a decade after its passage in 2010, Democrats are calling...

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