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( Scott Olson / Getty Images ) Medicare's budget is expanding rapidly in part because medical costs are rising faster than inflation and in part because the number of beneficiaries is growing as masses of baby boomers retire. Above: Dr. Anne Furey Schultz examines a patient at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Ill. |
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