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The Source: Curing What Ails Medicare

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If you need high invasive intense medical treatment - there's no better place to be than in the United States. We have the ER's - the specialists - the scans and other equipment to deal with car crashes and other trauma.

If you don't need that, are in relatively good health, and are now older and trying to enjoy those golden years, the United States is not your best bet. That's because our medical system - and Medicare.
Why that is - and how to fix it - is the topic of the new book "Curing Medicare: One Doctors View 

Guest:
Dr. Andy Lazris, author of "Curing Medicare"

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