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Should Congress consider policies to address high-cost, employer-sponsored health benefits.
Medicare was enacted in 1965 as a national social insurance program to help people age 65 and older obtain and pay for medical care.
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AARP Medicare Principles">AARP Medicare Principles
- AARP Medicare Principles">AARP Medicare Principles
Ensure equity—Medicare should remain a social insurance program th
The Medicare program should not be means-tested. Eligibility should not be based on income or assets.
Medicare’s benefit package should continue to provide access to all covered services for all beneficiaries, without regard to income, geographic location,
The long-term cost growth in health care, including Medicare, is unsustainable in part because Medicare also faces substantial growth in enrollment.