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  • Medicare Stories – Carroll Jackson

    December 02, 2019: Carroll Jackson of Seattle, Washington quickly learned of the importance of Medicare at the age of 75 when she underwent heart bypass surgery. Due to a medical error, Carroll spent April and May of 2010 in the hospital racking Read More >

  • Medicare Stories – Diana Madoshi

    December 02, 2019: Diana Madoshi, 69, of Rocklin, California started working at age 17, then put herself thorough school and earned a B.S. degree in nursing. Her nursing career enabled her to start an IRA and obtain a mortgage to buy a home. All Read More >

  • Medicare Stories – Don Bennett

    December 02, 2019: Don Bennett, of Burien, Washington, 74, has been retired from the U.S. Postal Service for 11 years. He feels fortunate to have the quality of life that he enjoys during retirement - in large part due to Medicare. Still, he has had Read More >

  • Medicare Stories – Mary Land

    December 02, 2019: Mary Land, 58, of Racine, Wisconsin, knows the value of Medicare all too well after watching her mother, 88, cope with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and make remarkable progress. “My mother was just able to use her Read More >

  • Medicare Stories – George Nolan

    December 02, 2019: George Nolan, 74, of Garland, Texas was healthy until 2013, when a doctor told him that due to cardiomyopathy, his heart was only functioning at 10%. “It was terrifying,” says George. “I knew that my physical health w Read More >

  • Medicare Stories – Louie Duran

    December 02, 2019: “My father had multiple surgeries to treat his thyroid cancer, no way would he have been able to afford that without Medicare, he would have been bankrupt,” says Luis Duran, of Claremont, California Luis’ parents, after Read More >

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