On January 20, Donald Trump will begin his second term as president after four years away from the White House. During those four years, Medicare underwent major changes — changes that Trump has fiercely opposed. What will happen to the program now?
What complicates that promise is the
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"My plan will terminate the Green New Deal, which I call the Green New Scam," he said in September. "We will rescind all unspent funds under the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act."
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Scrapping the law may prove difficult — recall, for example, Trump's failed struggle to repeal Obamacare — but not impossible. What could that mean for retirement?
"We've been telling financial advisors they need to make sure that people understand what the potential impact will be, not only for the current retirees, but for future retirees," said Ron Mastrogiovanni, president of the cost-projecting software company
Here's a look at how Medicare might change under Trump Part II: