People over sixty-five are covered by the Medicare insurance program which the government created in nineteen sixty-five.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

People not covered by employer plans, Medicaid or Medicare could buy health insurance in marketplaces called exchanges.

VOA: special.2010.03.26

Congress and President George W.Bush added prescription drugs to the Medicare insurance program for older Americans.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

That raised the costs of Medicare, which represented fifteen percent of the federal budget last year.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

That is a lack of Medicare coverage for some drug costs for older Americans.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

And a new report this week showed that the recession is also affecting Medicare.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

And yet we're getting less for our money." The main way that the federal government pays for health care is by insuring older people through the Medicare program.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance, quality affordable options for those who don't and bring down the cost of health care for families, business and our government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

He hoped he would not need major medical care until he turned 65 and qualified for the government's Medicare insurance program.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

The intensive care patients were then compared to elderly patients assigned to other hospital units or in the general Medicare population.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

The president assured her that seniors under Medicare will stillbe able to see their doctors and get the care they need.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and others accused Democrats of manipulating figures regarding estimates of cost-savings from the government-run Medicare program.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"We just want to provide some guidelines to Medicare, and by extension to the private sector, about what works and what doesn't,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

But most get benefits though Medicare, a government program that subsidizes health care for Americans over 65.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

They were randomly chosen from data of the U.S.government's medical assistance program for the elderly,called Medicare.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

He said the price of care will rise, the government tax fund that supports Medicare will dry up, and the number of people without health insurance will skyrocket.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

A woman named Carolyn phoned from the state of Illinois and said many seniors are worried that their Medicare benefits will be cut as part of health care reform.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"And every senator who goes on record saying that we need to proceed to this monstrosity of a bill, will in effect be voting for higher taxes,higher premiums and cuts in medicare,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

But there is pressure on the House to accept Senate provisions that would increase Medicare payroll taxes for individuals earning more than $200,000 annually, and families earning more than so-called high-value insurance plans.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Both would also use tax increases on higher-earning Americans, various other taxes, and reductions in payments to medical-care providers under the government Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay the costs of expanded insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

In the face of opposition from Independent Senator Joe Lieberman, and to gain his vote, Senate lawmakers first dropped the government insurance option and then an alternative plan to decrease the eligibility age for the existing government Medicare program.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"They are playing games, they are manipulating the Medicare trust fund, they are sticking it to our seniors, and our kids are going to get a massive bill, a massive bill for this, because this new entitlement that is being funded, will not be able to be sustained,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.24