Will Medicare Run Out of Money in 2017?
October 15th, 2009
Have you ever asked who is going to pay for the continued rise in health care cost? What is going to happen if nothing is done to control cost and revamp the medicare system…
Some have suggested hospital cost are going to run thin or up-side-down by 2017 if the government does not raise payroll taxes, reduce medicare benefits or increase the share you pay.
What are your thoughts on overhauling the medicare system? With a projected estimated spending of $6 trillion over the next ten years on medicare — can we just keep on spending?
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