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Obama Vows To Protect Medicare

Seniors get reassurance in speech before Joint Session of Congress. You can reassure patients worried about the fate of Medicare under the Obama Administration's healthcare reforms can rest easy -- the administration will protect Medicare at all costs. "Some of people's concerns have grown out of bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost," stressed President Obama to Joint Sessions of Congress last month. However, he restated his vow to ensure all seniors have adequate access to healthcare -- whether that care happens in a hospital, care facility, or senior's home. "More than four decades ago, this nation stood up for the principle that after a lifetime of hard work, our seniors should not be left to struggle with a pile of medical bills in their later years. That is how Medicare was born. And it remains a sacred trust that must be passed down [...]
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