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eridani

(51,907 posts) Mon May 27, 2013, 06:19 AM May 2013

Medicare is a linchpin of financial and health security for millions of older women guaranteeing them coverage for affordable, quality health care. Learn more about Medicare in your state by using the below map.

http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageNavigator/issues_health_medicarematters_map.html

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Why Medicare Matters to Women in the United States (Original Post) eridani May 2013 OP

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1. Medicare also helps the younger generation because they don't have to take care of grandma

Mon May 27, 2013, 09:18 AM

May 2013

Without Medicare people would be on the hook to take care of their grandparents or parents.