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Former Democratic Sen. John Breaux made a proposal which supports raising the Medicare eligibility age. [http://www.factcheck.org/overspiced_louisiana_gumbo.html]

Former Democratic Sen. John Breaux made a proposal which supports raising the Medicare eligibility age. [http://www.factcheck.org/overspiced_louisiana_gumbo.html]

Medicare accounts for more than one-fifth of all health spending in the U.S.. Its costs per beneficiary, about $12,000 in 2009, rose at an average annual rate of 8.5% a year from 1970 to 2007.  

Medicare accounts for more than one-fifth of all health spending in the U.S.. Its costs per beneficiary, about $12,000 in 2008, rose at an average annual rate of 8.5% a year from 1970 to 2007.

 

==Medicaid==

==Medicaid==

Medicare is entirely separate from [[Medicaid]], a federal progarm that provides health benefits for poor people without isurance.

Medicare is entirely separate from [[Medicaid]], a federal progarm that provides health benefits for poor people without isurance.