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Medicare: A Primer (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Aug. 1, 2008
Report Number RL33712
Report Type Report
Authors Jennifer O'Sullivan, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This report provides an overview of Medicare. It begins with a brief programhistory, and then outlines the key features of Parts A and B, also known as "OriginalMedicare." That is followed by overviews of Part C and Part D, a discussion ofprogram financing, and a discussion of future program directions.