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Baby Boomers Discover the Cost of Medicare

Mike Switzer

 

  As the baby boomer generation continues to roll into the 65+ age group, they are discovering that the myth of free healthcare, known as Medicare, is exactly that, a myth...and that Medicare does, in fact, come with a cost.

Mike Switzer interviews Alex Chastain, a certified financial planner with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, SC.  

Additional resource: medicare.gov

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