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Medicare turns 50 at the end of July. Before Lyndon Johnson signed it into law, older Americans who couldn't pay for health insurance or didn't have it through their employer were in serious trouble, especially if they had a catastrophic illness.


Today more than 50 million Americans have Medicare — and that number is going to grow as America grays. The Congressional Budget Office says that the current trajectory of spending 


As Medicare confronts middle age, has it fulfilled its early promise? 

 spoke to two experts about how the program can be more politically and economically viable.

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More than 50 million Americans have Medicare today and that number is going to grow as America "grays."

Today more than 50 million Americans have Medicare and that number is going to grow as America "grays." The Congressional Budget Office says that the current trajectory of spending is unsustainable. As Medicare confronts middle age, has it fulfilled its early promise? GUESTS: Dr. David Howard of Emory's Rollins School of Public Health and Alice M. Rivlin of the Health Policy Center at the Brookings Institution

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