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Ladies and gentlemen, coming. Our topic today is medicare, the largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population
Tuesday. Yesterday, both the house and Senate Approved a shortterm government funding bill to avert a federal shutdown tonight. It makes next friday the new deadline for congress to Reach Agreement on federal spending or a partial Government Shutdown will take place. Watch live coverage of the house brian has a longer history, he was the point person for Health Policy change if not reform. Different opinions on that in the Trump White House and prior history on the senate side and on the house side after the enactment of the a. C. A. He has been be a spring board and Research Assistant and the rest is history. He has been able to overcome it. John was over there in the senate which is the important ingredient and health, education and Labor Committee with senator kennedy and wrote a book about it. 12, 13 years ago. John was a practicing politician and knew how to run for office and get votes on occasion. Were all recovering in different ways. So john will be our last speaker. I may hav
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Largest care player in the american, a huge growing federal entitlement. And a little more than ten years, medicare will increase in enrollment from 65 million to nearly 80 million enrollees and total Program Spending will double today, roughly. Its 1 trillion. And within ten years it will be nearly 2 trillion. At the same time, medicare is changing. Today, half of all seniors are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or a system of private coverage, which is the alternative to traditional medicare. And Medicare Advantage is a defined contribution. And what that means is, is that the government makes a contribution on behalf of a beneficiary to the beneficiary chosen plan. Given current trends, Medicare Advantage will soon be the dominant form of medicare. The question before the house and before the nation is a very, very big one. That is, how do we provide high quality medical care to a huge and, rapidly growing older population, often at a cost that is affordable not only to seniors, but a