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- Medicare helps people at age 65.
- It gives affordable health care.
- The program started in 1965.
- Many pay taxes for Medicare.
- A study looks at early deaths.
- Many adults die before age 65.
- Those people never use Medicare.
- The study shows higher rates for Black people.
Difficult words
- affordable — not costing too much; people can pay
- program — a planned system or service for people
- tax — money paid to the government by peopletaxes
- study — research that looks at facts and data
- death — the end of a person's lifedeaths
- rate — a number that shows how often something happensrates
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Discussion questions
- Do you know someone who uses Medicare?
- Have you or your family paid taxes?
- Do you think health care should be affordable for everyone?
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