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Rate Of Medicare Cost Increases Slowing Down

As Baby Boomers age and become eligible for Medicare, there’s been a lot of discussion about whether the system can handle all of those new enrollees, and whether the program will still be around to help future generations.

But Dr. Melinda Buntin says there’s some good financial news going on with Medicare. She's a health economist and chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and she joined The Show to talk about it.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.