How Will Obamacare Affect Your Medicare Benefits?

By KFF Health News Editors
Sept. 9, 2013

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Monday morning taking questions about how the health law will affect Medicare’s benefits.

See related story: Medicare Is Not Part Of New Insurance Marketplaces.

KHN reporters will be returning to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal each Monday throughout the summer. Tune in each week to stay informed about the latest developments in health policy.

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