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Life in the USA Retirement and Aging Medicare
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How Medicare Works
Medicare is the primary federal health care program for people over age 65. It runs according to a set of complicated financial calculations, but, in essence, Medicare will pay most of the health-care costs in the case of catastrophic illness. Like Social Security it is best viewed as a supplement to other health care coverage. Medicare will leave some medical expenses uncovered. Careful insurance planning can take care of most other medical expenses--though a healthy lifestyle is the best form of health insurance. The Medicare system is administered by the Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Like Social Security, the Administration offers assistance and free publications. But try your local senior citizens center first. It will probably have all the information you will need on both Medicare and Social Security.
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