[MarMema]

And now that Medicare pays for all of the elderly needing healthcare....

[Ethan_Allen]

...NOT JUST THE ELDERLY....

"...In this regard, I introduced an amendment to the Patients' Bill of Rights, which was approved by the Senate, to require a comprehensive study into the appropriate thresholds, costs and quality implications of MOVING AWAY FROM THE CURRENT NARROW DEFINITION IN MEDICARE OF WHO IS TERMINALLY ILL AND and TOWARD A DEFINITION THAT BETTER IDENTIFIES THOSE WITH "SERIOUS AND COMPLEX" ILLNESSES..."