10 Key Facts About Women with Medicare

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Michelle Long, Nancy Ochieng, Tricia Neuman, and Alina Salganicoff for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 30, 2024)

Medicare is the federal program that provides health coverage to over 66 million people ages 65 and older and younger people with long-term disabilities. More than half of all people with Medicare are women, including more than 31 million ages 65 and older and about 4 million under age 65 with long-term disabilities. Medicare plays a key role in supporting the health and well-being of women, covering a broad range of services essential to women’s health, including preventive, reproductive, primary, and specialty care, and prescription drugs. Continue reading here…

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