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
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
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Simpson will be a free man soon. The one time football star once again returned to headlines his parole hearing car i idea live on tell viing as cross the nation. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Simpson, now 70 years old could be released as early as october 1. He spent more than eight years in prison dont for hotel room hight in las vegas. He testified before the parole board. All four parole commissioners who conducted the hearing voted for his release after a half hour of deliberation. Two criminal Defense Attorneys have differenting views on the parole decision. Ukee, completely different rules. He was supposed to serve 33 years in prison. At times he was apologetic and other times he made executions. Ultimately hell be a free man. One defense attorney believes he could easily go back to jail if hes not careful. Im sorry it happened. 70yearold o. J. Said he was wrong to join armed associates to get his personal belongings back from sports memoriabilia dealer in 2007. That deal
Morning, fire from Montgomery County. Hitandrun along the schuylkill expressway schuylkill, detail on what killed and struck a pedestrian there. Live look outside this morning, another muggy morning , cooler weather ahead. Good morning, im jan carabeo, right back to the breaking news but first over to meteorologist, Matt Peterson with the eyewitness Weather Forecast there is sunday morning, matt. What are the storms going to arrive . I need to know you. Need to know . It will be later tonight. Good. Any afternoon plans that you have, any afternoon plans that our viewers have, going to be fine. Going to be dry, muggy again. Little cooler than we had the last couple of afternoon, as we actually probably wont reach the 09 degrees mark today for the first time in five days that we wont reach to 90 degrees mark. If you are planning on being down the shore, maybe up the last day of the weekends, it wont and bad day for. That will beach patrol heads quart nerves margate, you can right now see