title: Parties Offer Divergent Prescriptions for Medicare.
abstract: Clinton wants to expand the program, while the Republican platform calls for replacing entitlements with premium support to buy insurance. Meanwhile, seniors have few complaints because the ACA actually sweetened the deal for Medicare beneficiaries in some respects. Most notably, it gradually eliminates the "donut hole."
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calandra
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States