Federal officials conflict on state of Medicare fund
Friday, August 6, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Medicare is in better shape because of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul and the hospital fund for elderly Americans will stay afloat a dozen years longer than earlier forecast, the government said Thursday. But that depends on the program achieving big cost-cutting savings that even a top Medicare expert calls highly doubtful.
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