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By Margaret Morganroth Gullette | Monday, January 4, 2010 | The Boston Globe

“…If Medicare’s costs seem high, this comes in part from the catch-up rescue work it does. It pays on average $1,000 per year extra for each of the millions of previously uninsured people who reach 65. They come into Medicare sicker than they would have been, for lack of access, often over decades, to preventive health care and timely help for chronic conditions. You can’t blame Medicare for this….”….BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/04/in_medicare_blame_game_seniors_arent_at_fault?mode=PF