TITLE

Medicare Update For Financial Advisors

AUTHOR(S)
Driscoll, Marilee
PUB. DATE
October 2002
SOURCE
National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;10/28/2002, Vol. 106 Issue 43, p18
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the problems of seniors entering Medicare. Changes in Medicare plans affecting the aged; Range of Medicare coverage; Costs of Medicare to seniors. INSET: Medicare Glossary.
ACCESSION #
7706532

Tags: MEDICARE;  OLDER people -- Medical care -- United States

 

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