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21 April 2023
Dean Clancy, Paragon Health Institute Public Advisor, discusses how Medicare’s trust fund is on a fast track to insolvency, why President Biden’s “Mediscare” message and solutions are disingenuous and flawed, how the personal option and flexible HSAs can modernize healthcare benefits, and more.
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